He may not be identified in history with major legal doctrines.
That ruling was based on a legal doctrine known as "unclean hands".
A law book is "a work of legal doctrine".
Somehow we all try to make cohesive legal doctrine out of that.
The text is very sober, devoid of legal or political doctrine.
In most cases the answer would be no, thanks to the legal doctrine that criminals cannot profit from their actions.
What follows, in his own words, is a sampling of the legal doctrines he helped to shape.
It is the name of a legal doctrine which governs insurance contracts.
There are actually several different legal doctrines at work in this case.
And they are unlikely to, because of their unfamiliarity with legal doctrine.