One of my dilemmas in law school
is finding the connection between my pre-law course and the study of law
itself. I tried to embrace the study of law in a philosophical perspective but
this attempt ceased when I cannot find a connection between Philosophy and Law
[the former is verbose and the latter brief and precise]. Perhaps, it is the novelty of law subjects and
the traditional way of teaching and studying law, i.e. memorizing provisions in verbatim and cramming to read several
cases that made me feel this way [Of course! You have no time to ask
philosophical questions such as “is it a good law?” or “why
such a law?” if the only thing demanded from
you is to recite legal provisions in verbatim or have to read and recite at
least 5 cases per subjects a day, even without delving into the reasons why the
plaintiff or defendant lost the case- perhaps it is better to ask the propriety
of the remedy accorded by the counsel of the losing party and not just ask the
student to narrate the development of the case up to the Supreme Court]. However,
as my legal education continues I am slowly seeing a connection between
Philosophy and law.
