Note 7 — Chapter I · THE SCIENCE OF JURISPRUDENCE.
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The term jurisprudence is used by French lawyers as the equivalent of that which English lawyers call case-law—the development of the law by judicial decisions. “Jurisprudence—la manière dont un tribunal juge habituellement telle ou telle question” (Littré). Jurisprudence in this sense is contrasted with doctrine, i.e., extrajudicial legal literature.