In 2011, aged 17, I had the opportunity to visit the Bombay High Court’s 150-year anniversary celebrations. The Court’s legal history museum and open live court sessions provided me with my first direct interaction with the legal system in action. This exposure helped me understand the universal importance and impact of the law to any society. The ability of the law, lawyers and judges to always evolve, analyze and execute laws accurately and precisely, appealed to my impressionable mind. After this experience, there was little doubt in my career choice: I wanted to be a practicing legal professional. I studied my Bachelors of Law at the University of Kent in the United Kingdom. During my undergraduate education, my interest gravitated towards Commercial Law. The scope of the LLM offered by McGill University is of great importance as it directly tackles different legal principles, issues and remedies which will aid me in my professional career. Being personally interested in Law with a focus in environment shall enable me to genuinely enjoy my Masters level research into this subject and take more away from it. Commercial Law amalgamated with Environmental law, being one of the more flexible branches of the law, shall serve as a strong basis that shall not only aid my professional legal foundation but also enable me to understand intricate features of other legal branches in relation to Environmental Law. My interest in Commercial Law in general grew from an academic
The goal is clear and the stakes are high. The story elicits a strong sense of indignation about the theme of law and the court system. The setting of 1963 is authentic.
This paper will cover topics such as; what a court is and what the purpose of the court is. This paper will define the dual court system. In addition this paper will describe the role that early legal codes, the common law and the precedent played in the development of courts. And lastly this paper will identify the role of the courts in the criminal justice system today.
The University of Michigan Law School has a long history. It is famous for its academic rigorousness and supportive learning environment. It offers an intellectually challenging environment where I can learn closely from the remarkable scholars. With hundreds of courses offered, Michigan Law can help me to navigate where my interest truly lie. Beyond getting involved in law through classes, I can also have the great chance to discuss law with my peers through student journals. I am especially interested in Michigan Journal of International Law. As one of the premier international legal journals around the world, it provides an opportunity for me to understand how law shapes the world with a global perspective.
On observing the District Court a number of distinctions from the Local Courts were immediately made apparent. Without going in to detail about the actual structure of the courts, they seemed to fit more closely with the traditional schema of a typical courtroom. In particular the larger courtrooms with more facilities combined with the barristers and magistrates wearing their wig and robes seemed to instantly uphold the ideology of justice. It is interesting to note how appearances can automatically provide an impression that justice will be upheld. The
Horrigan, B, _Adventures in Law & Justice: exploring the big legal questions in Everyday Life_, Lawbook Company, Sydney, 2003
Legal formalism has been largely criticised by the likes of legal realists and critical legal studies scholars, amid others who believed that the reactions of the judge to the facts and to the life around them needed to be attended to, for its belief in the capacity of legal rules to determine the results of legal arguments without having recourse to the judge’s political beliefs or sense of fairness. This criticism can be found to be viable or not by analysing what legal formalism as an approach to legal practice and judicial decisions is, whether the criticisms, created by legal realists and critical legal studies students, of legal formalism are justified and whether judicial decisions and legal education are still influenced by legal formalism today in South Africa.
Those students show a great commitment and had had experience working in these fields. This article relates to what we discussed in class by showing how the interest in law careers have changed throughout time. During week 2, we talked about how professions have been reshaped by our modern ethics and beliefs. When the law profession was adopted in the United States, the practice of law was based on the Great Britain’s law structure, where there were two types of lawyers: barristers and solicitors. Barristers were in charge of arguing a case and taking it to court and solicitors were in charge of handling minor cases. However, as the nation expanded because of new immigrants, the need for the legal profession in the industrial economy increased. The legal profession shifted from ligation to negotiation (Seron). As pointed out by the reading, one of the main reasons law students shifted from public interest practice to pursuing business and corporate law was because of the few resources and limited control they have over their
The legal system consists of many institutions that can cause reoccurring changes within the system due to the people who make, interpret and enforce the laws. (Tsui, J.C, 2014) Changes within the law include regulations and legal content supporting particular institutions or programs. (Tsui, J.C, 2014) Hierarchies in courts and legislation make decisions in agencies and can interact in forums related to judicial trials, legislative hearing, debates and agency rulemakings. (Tsui, J.C, 2014) Having hierarchies within the legislation system allow the opportunity for voices or opinions to be heard and later the adoption for new rules are enacted. Adopting new rules results in the process of litigation that creates issues and opinions that become overruled. (Tsui, J.C, 2014) Litigation processes and adopting new rules can put alternative juvenile justice system and centers in jeopardy. Faith’s Learning and Guidance Center can become the center of debate and can be put in a predicament that non supporters and supporters can decide its faith. Various judicial opinions can lead to many changes within the judicial system that can either turn for better or worse and unintended consequences have a positive or negative impact on the success of a program. (Tsui, J.C, 2014) Not being able to overcome the disruptions from exogenous forces or endogenous failures is a great risk to any
My upbringing made me constantly aware of the prejudice, discrimination and exploitation in today’s society. Due to this, I possess a particular desire to have a pivotal impact on society by representing those from underprivileged backgrounds which fuelled an interest in equality and trust law. I soon became under the realisation that the law influences almost all aspects of day-to-day life which allowed me to appreciate the significance of it. This encouraged me to take law at higher education. With my career aspiration in the world of law in mind, I perused A Levels which would allow me to gain numerous skills which I could apply across the board.
Hi Vaughn! It is very nice to meet you! I also want to own my own business one day. I absolutely loved Business Law 1, especially with Professor Callaway. It was so interesting to explore into the crucial parts of how business works. I am so excited to learn more about the laws and regulations businesses deal with. This class will benefit us in the future with our own businesses. I always knew I wanted to be involved with business, but Professor Callaway truly made me fall in love with everything about business. Good luck to you in achieving your goal of starting your own business!
By encouraging the group, we enthusiastically completed our assignments and I was able to fulfil my role promptly and avoid disciplinary measures from the student affairs unit. I learnt valuable research and communication skills from this experience, which contributed to my success in the bar part II examinations. I intend to deploy these skills in presenting the seminar requirements of the Justice Studies courses and preparing my
Today I will be talking about substantive and procedural law, as well as the adjudicatory system and the different parts within it. I hope to give you great examples and detailed explanations to open your eyes on these topics. I also hope to give you a better basic understanding of these processes in different locations around the world as well.
Law is an integral, ever present and ever changing component of our society. I began to envisage a career in Law after I witnessed a Rape trial at my local Crown Court with my Law class, which began to ignite my interest in the Justice system. I was eager to discover more and visited the Supreme and Criminal Courts in London. I was fascinated to discover how versatile the Law is and how it adapts to social and economic changes. Legislation ranging from the Abolition of the Death Penalty to the Civil Partnership Act in 2014 shows how vast the Laws effects are. This engrosses me and never fails to leave me pondering as I seek to further my knowledge of the Law. This is why I wish to become a part of this essential and irreplaceable part of our lives during and after I graduate from University.
Law is of fundamental importance to our country, as well as shaping our modern evolving society. I felt that doing a Law degree can be both satisfying and help society in the future by
The legal profession has been around for a long time, as it is one of the oldest information professions . The service it provides is essential, as it