The Journal Jurisprudence

On a beautiful sunday afternoon in Melbourne, I am pleased to announce the launch of The Journal Jurisprudence. Throughout my engagement with legal philosophy or jurisprudence, I have discovered this once vibrant field is slowly dying. The reason for this illness is the encroaching 'professionalisation' of legal education. Laws schools are more concerned with producing City solicitors than creating broadminded jurists. I steadfastly believe not everyone goes into law to invoice fifteen hours per day, but that, even today, a select few still believe in the power of law to enact substantive social change. 

Understanding the rational unpinning our legal systems is essential, I believe, to using the law for holistic ends. The primary ethos of Jurisprudence, therefore, is to bridge the gap between scholarship, theory and practice. In this inaugural edition, to be published in September, I invite authors to consider HLA Hart's primary question: What is Law? 

More information about the Journal is available at www.jurisprudence.com.au

I am pleased to be its convening editor. 

--Aron Ping D'Souza