ABSTRACT
I T seems appropriate to introduce an article of this nature by describing what it is to be a jurist.1 A jurist is not a lawyer, although he may be and often is. A jurist is not a teacher of substantive law, although he may be, and usually is. Instead of drafting contracts or trying cases, instead of researching and teaching the elements of a crime or the theory of consideration, the jurist studies jurisprudence. Jurisprudence is concerned with the nature of law, its functions, the means by which it performs these functions, the limits of law, the relation of law to justice and morality, the modes by which law changes and develops, and more.2
