List and describe the various schools of jurisprudence

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Answer 1

The various schools of jurisprudence include:
1. The natural law school, which considers the source of law absolute (nature, God, or reason);
2. The positive school, which considers the source of law the sovereign;
3. The sociological school, which considers the source of law contemporary community opinion and customs;
4. The American realist school, which considers the source of law the actors in the legal system and scientific analysis of their actions;
5. The Critical legal studies school, which considers the source of law a cluster of legal and non-legal beliefs that must be critiqued to bring about social and political change;
6. The feminist school, which holds that jurisprudence reflects a male-dominated government system in which women's perspectives are ignored and women are victimized; and
7. The law and economics school, which applies classical economic theory and empirical methods to all areas of law in order to arrive at decisions.