Jurisprudence vs. Ethics — What's the Difference?

Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and provide a deeper understanding of legal reasoning and analogy, legal systems, legal institutions, and the role of law in society.Modern jurisprudence began in the 18th century and was focused on the first principles of natural law, civil law, and the law of nations.

Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior". The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns matters of value; these fields comprise the branch of philosophy called axiology.Ethics seeks to resolve questions of human morality by defining concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime.

The philosophy or science of law.

Moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity

A division, type, or particular body of law

The branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles

(legal) The theoretical study of law.

A set of principles of right conduct.

(legal) Case law, or the body of case law regarding a certain subject.

A theory or a system of moral values

The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due administration of justice.

Ethics (used with a sing. verb) The study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made by a person; moral philosophy.

The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

Ethics (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession

The collection of rules imposed by authority;

(philosophy) The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.

Morality.

The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession.

The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics.

Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

The philosophical study of moral values and rules