Aesthetics of Legal Profession
Ridwanullah Olarewaju Muritala@muritalaridwanullaholarewaju708895
6 months ago
Semantically, a word always betray a sole meaning. This lends credence to one distinctive feature of language [either written or oral] to be arbitrary. For there are inevitability of misprision since most of our laws are codified in a language we presumed to unanimously agree to understand. Hence, meaning–making or word relatability cannot be denied to be an effective tool of advocacy in the court of law notwithstanding the seeming subjectivity.
To some extent, a presumed position of law devotedly held by an advocate will not be ordinarily labeled as preposterous, irrational, illogical, of unsound reasoning, bereft of good discernment solely on the ground of individual perception or deemed knowledge. And even if there must be a traverse, it must be empirically supported by reasonable argument and, for extension, cogent evidence(s) to substantiate a contrary opinion or stance and not necessarily by vilification or vitriol. The law is deemed to be unalive until the court breathe life into it by pronouncement. As the functionalists would posit, the law will be deemed to be lifeless in the book of statute until the court resurrect it by pronouncement upon adjudication.
In essence, the beauty of law can be seen in the obedience of the people who are subject to its sway. As a matter of fact, the aesthetics of legal profession is evidenced in the advocacy. The duty of a minister in the temple of justice is just to uphold the rule of law and respect the decision that arises therefrom a suit even if he is a judgment debtor.
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