In my opinion, the purpose of the legal system involves many things. The justice system provides everyone with a fair and equal path in the eyes of the law, without prejudice. You are innocent until proven guilty and tried by a jury of your peers. The legal system helps to develop, promulgate and enforce laws aimed at protecting society and ensuring domestic tranquility. Victims can get the justice they deserve when someone disrupts their daily lives and causes physical, mental and/or emotional pain. The Legal Studies Academy at First Colonial High School will teach me things I never knew and help me become the best lawyer I can be. To begin with, without the legal system and laws, criminals would be able to get away with anything they wanted and there would be absolute chaos. Without the legal system, many people would be harmed and there would be no formal control or authoritarian order. For example, if you saw a bike and wanted it, you could steal it and no one would care. Plus, if you don't like someone, you might hurt them, or worse, kill them. Since there would be no law against it, it would have nothing to do with anyone and you would escape without worry or challenge. Many would be robbed, injured and even murdered. We have laws in place to protect us. We need laws to support social cohesion. This way we can live together with cities, communities and other societies. If you break the laws, you harm others. Whether it's invasion of privacy, invasion of property, physical or mental abuse, or whatever it is, it violates the law. When you harm others, you take away their right to pursue happiness and other rights and freedoms that are afforded to them. Therefore, when we break laws, we must be punished fairly for the law we have... middle of paper ... until proven otherwise, which makes things right. The legal system helps to issue, adopt and enforce laws to protect society and ensure internal peace. A person who is the victim of a crime of assault in any way, whether mental, physical, or emotional, can get the justice they deserve for the pain they suffered. I will learn many things and learn to become the best lawyer I can be if I can attend the Legal Studies Academy at First Colonial High School. Works Cited “Law”. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090630011047AAhXJFh. Np, and Web. January 6, 2012. “Home Page.” Home page. Np, and Web. January 6, 2012. “Home Page.” http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090630011047AAhXJFh. Np, and Web. January 6. 2012. .