Legum Doctor (English: Doctor of Laws; abbreviated to LL.D.) In the UK and Canada the LL.D. is a doctorate usually awarded on the basis of exceptionally insightful and distinctive publications, containing significant and original contributions to the science or study of law. The LL.D. may also be awarded as an honorary degree based upon a person's contributions to society. Some universities, such as the University of Oxford, award a Doctor of Civil Law instead. To publish is to make publicly known, and in reference to text and images, it can mean distributing paper copies to the public, or putting the content on a website. ... What is science? There are different theories of what science is. ... Law (a loanword from Old Norse lag), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments for those who do not follow... An Honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum) is a degree awarded to someone by an institution that he or she may have never attended, it may be a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree - however, the latter is most common. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...

In the USA, the Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) is awarded instead of the LL.D. It is awarded for research in the form of a dissertation. It is seen as equivalent to a Doctor of Philosophy. In the USA the LL.D.is almost always an honorary degree. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ...

Plural abbreviations in Latin are formed by doubling the letter, hence the double "L". Latin is the language that was originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

See also

• Juris Doctor
• Bachelor of Laws
• Academic degree

Legum Doctor (English: Doctor of Laws; abbreviated to LL.D.) In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, the LL.D. is a doctorate usually awarded on the basis of exceptionally insightful and distinctive publications, containing significant and original contributions to the science or study of law. In Canada, LL.D and DCL are awarded as substitute of Ph.D in law. J.D. is an abbreviation for the Latin Juris Doctor, also called a Doctor of Law or Doctorate of Jurisprudence, and is the law degree typically awarded by an accredited U.S. law school after successfully completing three years of post-graduate law study. ... The degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in most common law countries. ... A degree is any of a wide range of awards made by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study. ...

External link

• Cambridge Faculty of Law (http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/courses/view_index.php?course=6&tripos=0&subjects=0)