Louis Brandeis

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The laws of land differs from country, state, or continent; with the vast beliefs of American citizens, the laws will constantly differ from the various generations that have passed and for the generations to come. The problem that Americans (as well as many other countries) have is conflicts between the old laws versus the new generations. Louis D. Brandeis explains the benefit of encouraging legal education because of the “rapid pace of social and economic changes”. Although our government upholds the laws made for its citizens, the public opinion on laws, policies, social change or equality for that matter, should always be considered, whether our elected officials agree or not. Legal science, also known as, judge made laws have been tedious to accept revolutionary changes. Such as the rejection to end slavery, Brandeis says that the courts continue “to ignore newly arisen social needs”. Business men and working men as said in the text agree that “the courts lack understanding of contemporary industrial conditions”; if the courts could uphold the contingency theory our society would always have the benefit. But instead “insist that the law is not up to date”, the best way to …show more content…

It might be said to assume that a politician, lawyer or advocate for the people who has not studied economics and sociology is likely to become a public enemy. We elect our political officials because we are given the chance to have someone represent the area in which we live in, whether that be county, state or nationwide. It is up to our officials to represent our voices and demand the right to be heard, not ignored. Furthermore, the media has developed a ‘‘beat’’ to cover the president’s every word and action, and American citizens have become accustomed to looking to the president as the primary policy maker and representative of the

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