It is important to understand the definitions of law and theories of jurisprudence that were set forth in Approaches and Perspective to the Study of Law in order to better understand the other readings because it gives you a basis and a better understanding of the topics that are being discussed. In order to understand the language in these complex documents, it is beneficial to first have a ground to stand on and the building blocks that you will need. These would include the information provided in the Approaches and Perspective to the Study of Law piece. 

It helps to know the history of law, which is laid out in the document, The End and Aim of Law. It first tells you of how government was run in a Roman empire and under the direction of an Emperor. In today’s world, society is run very differently that than of more historic times. To think of how it was then, imagine if the President was an Emperor and he had rule over everything. There were no questions and whatever he said, came above all other laws. He would no longer need to thoughts behind natural law, analytic, or normative jurisprudence. Today, there is no one ruling power, at least in the United States. Congress, the President, jurists, and many other branches, work together in order to obtain and create understandable laws that are set forth for the good of our citizens. In order for this to happen, and throughout the course of history, they had to use devices such as natural law and analytic and normative jurisprudence. Natural law is that which human instinct is. In the document, The End and Aim of Law, it states that “it is one thing, of course, to affirm rights; it is another that these rights should be duly enforced.” Natural law is the philosophy that there are certain rights and/or values that are naturally inherent just by the virtue of human nature. The connection between the two