In your articles, you often mention legal history and say understanding it is important for any lawyer. Why is it so important if a lawyer has clients and knows the law and is well prepared?
The practice of law is about more than being a competent lawyer. The legal profession, although privately based, plays an extremely important role in the government through the court systems. Lawyers are officers of the court and lawyers are the oil that makes democracy run. The laws, the Constitution, and the democratic institutions are not self-enforcing. The role of the legal profession is critical. Further, history provides a sense of the profession—where the profession came from and where it is heading. Without a sense of the historical role played, it is difficult to imagine the legal profession continuing to fulfil its public service obligations in this new world of the 21st century.
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