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Essay / Abortion must be illegal - 1719
Oliver Wendell Holmes was born on March 8, 1941 and died on March 6, 1935. He was a vigorous political figure during his lifetime. He served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1905 to 1982. He was a great political philosopher of his time and his ideas are still remembered today. According to Holmes, “the nature of legal language can obscure and hide from some the social interests and social benefits that a law promotes.” Holmes's view on legal language is that law promotes social goodness for people, but the way legal language is interpreted can be an obstacle to granting equal justice to all human beings. Holmes asserts that the interpretation of the law makes it difficult for others to truly benefit from the benefits that the law provides to all humanity. Holmes classifies the interpretation of law as rhetorical theory. He points out that a law constructed as a principle or as a law reduces the likelihood of change. Again, he says that the language of law, when interpreted, tends to define or apply only to a specific behavior or situation at a specific time. Legal language is constructed in complex forms that make it difficult for people unfamiliar with the laws to interpret their meaning. Furthermore, the language of law always depends on a fixed interpretation. In reality, if a law is not interpreted and therefore not included in the statutes or is not generally considered a law, no one can be considered a criminal for that offense. Although in reality this offense may be morally wrong, it has yet to be discovered and enshrined as a legal principle, thus representing the prediction of future consequences. Holmes further says that interpreting the law in a universal notion is morally obligatory. ..... in the middle of the document......, Holmes says that legal language should be based on amendments or changes to adapt to current situations and not be measured from old legal principles or fixed. Indeed, Holmes' theory that "the nature of legal language can obscure social interests and hide from some the social benefits that a law promotes" is a very important philosophical thought. The fact is that legal language denies some people the right to social benefit or equal justice. For this reason, we should examine the laws as they should be based on current situations. We should not be primarily obligated to follow fixed statutes as if they were holy books handed down to us by our predecessors and therefore cannot be changed or amended. Legal language must be used to serve the interests of current social trends and we must not prioritize legal rhetoric and traditions over change...