Legal Definitions - systematic jurisprudence

Systematic jurisprudence is the scholarly study of the contents of an actual legal system as it exists or once existed. It focuses on the general or fundamental elements of a particular legal system, rather than its practical and concrete details.

For example, a systematic study of the United States legal system would examine the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the fundamental principles of American law. It would not focus on specific cases or legal disputes.

Systematic jurisprudence is also known as expository jurisprudence. It is different from other branches of jurisprudence, such as comparative jurisprudence, which compares legal systems from different countries, or feminist jurisprudence, which examines the relationship between women and the law.