The Definition of Political Jurisprudence and Its Subject as the First Question in the Philosophy of Political Jurisprudence

The literal and terminological meaning of jurisprudence and politics are mentioned in the first part of this article. Since the nature of science is hypostatized, the primitive consensuses for the definition of jurisprudence are examined. The most important consensus in this section is that jurisprudence should be defined for making a religious life and should not be restricted to the law. Then taking a critical look at present definitions, the definition of jurisprudence and political jurisprudence are presented. The necessity of political jurisprudence can be examined from two approaches; first is by generalizing the necessity of devoutness to all of human’s life and second by proving the possibility of ethical evaluation of political norms. The second approach is taken in this article.