Author: Naresh Kumar

The historical school of jurisprudence reveals the belief that history is the foundation of the knowledge of the contemporary era. Two jurists who researched extensively in this area – Friedrich Carl Von Savigny (1799 – 1861) and Sir Henry Maine (1822-1888).

Status is a condition that arises due to the membership of a class or group and affects the rights and duties of the members of that class. Law of status is the law that determined the natural, the domestic and the extra domestic relation of a man with the others in a civilized society.

         In this article, we will discuss the topic legal personality in Jurisprudence, and what is the

 Volksgeist is the concept of law propounded by the Savigny. The term Volksgeist is made by the two words Volks means people and geist means their common will. It means Volksgeist means the law is a common will of the people (spirit of the people).

          In this article, are going to discuss the theory of law propounded by the English

          In this article we are going to discuss the theory propounded by John Austin, called as the law is