Jurisprudence is basically a theoretical subject but it also has a practical and educational value. The practical value or purposes of case law have been listed as follows:
Yo. Eliminate the complexities of the law:
One of the tasks of jurisprudence is to build concepts and make the law more manageable and rational.
ii. Respond to new problems:
Jurisprudence can teach people to look around and realize that the answers to new legal problems must be found in consideration of present social needs and not in the wisdom of the past.
iii. Grammar of law:
Jurisprudence is the grammar of law. It sheds light on the basic ideas and fundamental principles of the law, eg negligence, liability, etc.
IV. Mind training:
Case law trains the mind to resolve difficult legal provisions legally.
v. Play the topic:
It helps to know and understand the language, grammar, the basis of the treatment and the assumption on which the subject rests.
saw. Useful in the Art of pleading and legislation:
It helps legislators and lawyers in the proper use of legal terminology. It relieves them of the hassle of defining certain expressions over and over again, for example, right, duty, etc.
vii. To interpret the law:
It helps judges and lawyers determine the true meanings of the law passed by legislatures by providing the rules of interpretation.
viii. To study foreign law:
It allows a lawyer to study foreign law because the fundamental principles are generally common to all legal systems.
ix. Importance in the light of different jurists:
has. By Dr. MJ Sethna:
The value of jurisprudence lies in examining the consequences of the law and its administration on social welfare and suggesting changes to improve the superstructure of the laws.
b. By M. Dias:
The study of jurisprudence is an opportunity for lawyers to focus on theory and life, as it concerns human thought in relation to social existence.