Academy in Law

Three self-asked questions initiated me to write this article: why can’t a legal specialist in one country, be equally a legal specialist in all other countries around the world? What can I do, should what I am schooled is different from the real practice in the society? And finally, can I still understand or deal with the law, if the laws adopted by the legislative institution that were once taught in school and latter amended or totally changed, after I become a law practitioner in the society?

Most of us do not know two of the hidden purposes of law education: “being able to deal with brand-new situation and following the positive or negative legal evolution in the society.”

Everything, to some extent, always positively and negatively changes; however this tendency has never been taught or been informed in school; it is the hidden purpose of law education. Other subjects besides law may be the same, but I just want to be specific in law subject, to make it easier for me to explain and to make the readers easier to understand this article.

Every law subjects taught in school might not be totally the same as the real practice in the society, or I can say they may be totally different. This is what I call: the social reality. Studying law is also about knowing the social reality. The professors and the learners themselves should teach and be prepared for the always-fluctuated tendency in the society; otherwise we can’t be a law specialist. Read the rest of this entry »

Criminal law can be also named penal law can be used to refer to any of the bodies that rule different areas in an effort to impose punishment to individuals or persons that have failed to comply with the same.

Such punishment may vary with the severity of the crime that is being looked into. Sometimes, the severity of the crime might lead to the execution of the perpetrator.

A criminal law degree will help one to be able to understand the legal guidelines as well as the punishments that are given for breaking such laws in the different areas.

Different countries have different laws. For example, in most Muslim countries, they use the Sheria laws which are very strict.

Crimes like robbery are punished by the cutting off of the perpetrators hand while adultery is a very serious crime which leads to death by stoning.

If you want to study a law degree in such countries, this is what they will be learning.

When you compare such laws and their punishments to other countries, you will find that they are too strong because in some countries adultery is not a crime that can be punishable by law. Read the rest of this entry »