Multiple choice

What is normative jurisprudence?

  1. The evaluation of the law on the basis of criteria for what constitutes good law

  2. The study of legal norms

  3. The theory that law normalises people

  4. None of these

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Explanation

Normative jurisprudence is concerned with the question of what the law ought to be, it is not normative in the sense that it studies norms or favours normalisation, but in the sense that it offers an interpretation of what the law ought to be.