the law is but a tool by which the ends of justice are attained. or so i naïvely thought before entering law school.

it seems, though, that it's actually the contrary, that the law or what is considered "legal" is used not to attain justice, but rather to obviate or impede it.

such is the case when our autonomy and integrity as a nation are practically ceded in exchange for a large consideration through one anomalous deal after the other (hindi ba sila dapat incapable of pecuniary estimation and outside the commerce of man? come to think of i would think such is patently illegal... they just think [and sadly have basis for such belief] they can get away with it)

or when certain individuals hide behind the cloak of executive privilege to the extent of shielding illegal and even criminal acts of high officials to the detriment of national interest

or when utang na loob and patronage and brotherhood or what-not are given premium over merit and decency and what is right because to the minds of some, there's nothing wrong/illegal with such.

OR when provisional remedies as provided for in the Rules of Court (which were meant to aid and expedite the realization of justice, by the way) are used to question/delay pending administrative proceedings with respect to a hazing investigation (ang kapal talaga ng mga mukha!).

non omne quod licet honestum est. not everything that is lawful (or allowable) is honorable.

i don't think law and justice should be mutually exclusive. i don't think the concepts of right and wrong should be obfuscated nor interchanged. i thought as a student of the law (and possibly a lawyer in the future) i could in my own very little way contribute to the realization of justice. now it seems that the system i have made a step into fosters the exact opposite.

i think i am in way over my head. :(

first year law student.kid at heart.idealist.optimist (except about myself).hopeless romantic.daydream believer.dreamer.klutz(hehe).


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