Sociological Jurisprudence
ROSCOE POUNDS on SOCIOLOGICAL
JURISPRUDENCE.
MISS-JYOTI RAMAKANT NAVELKAR
F.Y. LLM.
SEMESTER- I
PAPER-LEGAL THEORY PART-I
G. R KARE COLLEGE OF LAW.
1
Contents
Name
Pg. No.
A} INTRODUCTION
3 -5
B} ROSCUE POUND
6-15
THEORY
C} CRITICISM AGAINST
16-19
POUND THEORY
BIBILOGRAPHY
20
2
CHAPTER-I
INTRODUCTION
Roscoe pound was born on October 27, 1870, in Lincoln Nebraska toStephen Bosworth
Pound and Laura Pound.Pound studied botany at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, where he became a member of Acacia Fraternity. He received his Bachelor’s degree in 1888 and his master degree in 1889. In 1889 he began the study of law, he spent one year at
Harvard but never received a law degree. He received the first P.H.D. in botany from the
University of Nebraska in 1898. He was an Auxiliary judge of the supreme court of Nebraska for a period of two years during 1901 -1903. Thereafter, he worked as Dean of the Law
School at Nebraska. He also served as a professor of Jurisprudence in Harward University and was the Dean of its law school. He was a profile writer and his major works includes•
The spirit of the common Law (1921);
•
An introduction to the Philosophy of Law(1922);
•
Interpretations of legal history (1923);
•
Law and Morals(1926);
•
The formative era of the American Law (1938);
•
Contemporary juristic theory(1940);
•
Administrative Law-its Growth , procedure and significance(1942);
•
Social control through law (1942);
•
The task of law (1944) etc.
3
Roscoe pound was one of the most leading and influential jurists who developed the
American sociological jurisprudence in a systematic form. He emphasised on inter disciplinary approach to law so that rule of law and life may flow together. He treated law
as a means for affecting social control and did not believe in the abstract or mechanical application of law. He is considered to be the father of American Sociological Jurisprudence for his unique contribution to the science of law and
JURISPRUDENCE.
MISS-JYOTI RAMAKANT NAVELKAR
F.Y. LLM.
SEMESTER- I
PAPER-LEGAL THEORY PART-I
G. R KARE COLLEGE OF LAW.
1
Contents
Name
Pg. No.
A} INTRODUCTION
3 -5
B} ROSCUE POUND
6-15
THEORY
C} CRITICISM AGAINST
16-19
POUND THEORY
BIBILOGRAPHY
20
2
CHAPTER-I
INTRODUCTION
Roscoe pound was born on October 27, 1870, in Lincoln Nebraska toStephen Bosworth
Pound and Laura Pound.Pound studied botany at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, where he became a member of Acacia Fraternity. He received his Bachelor’s degree in 1888 and his master degree in 1889. In 1889 he began the study of law, he spent one year at
Harvard but never received a law degree. He received the first P.H.D. in botany from the
University of Nebraska in 1898. He was an Auxiliary judge of the supreme court of Nebraska for a period of two years during 1901 -1903. Thereafter, he worked as Dean of the Law
School at Nebraska. He also served as a professor of Jurisprudence in Harward University and was the Dean of its law school. He was a profile writer and his major works includes•
The spirit of the common Law (1921);
•
An introduction to the Philosophy of Law(1922);
•
Interpretations of legal history (1923);
•
Law and Morals(1926);
•
The formative era of the American Law (1938);
•
Contemporary juristic theory(1940);
•
Administrative Law-its Growth , procedure and significance(1942);
•
Social control through law (1942);
•
The task of law (1944) etc.
3
Roscoe pound was one of the most leading and influential jurists who developed the
American sociological jurisprudence in a systematic form. He emphasised on inter disciplinary approach to law so that rule of law and life may flow together. He treated law
as a means for affecting social control and did not believe in the abstract or mechanical application of law. He is considered to be the father of American Sociological Jurisprudence for his unique contribution to the science of law and