Article 19 of the New Civil Code of the Philippines states:
"Every person must, in the exercise of his rights and in the performance of his rights and in the performance of his duties, act with justice, give everyone his due, and observe honesty and good faith."
Imagine if every person will comply on that Civil Code provision. It will be a peaceful and ideal world that most of us wanted. No more chaos, everyone is honest, no one will take advantage on others, no more prejudice and injustice, and most specialy, everybody is happy.
If that will be the case, laws will not be significant anymore because everyone performs according the ideal flow of life which is peaceful. If there's no more threat of danger and security becasue people are all good, making laws is already unessissary.
The question big question is:
Is it possible that every person can comply with that Civil Code Provision? Is it possible to attain a perfect and ideal world?
My answer is a big NO. If I believe that this perfect world is attainable, I will not waste my time stuying law becasue in an ideal world, laws will not be violated and services of the lawyers are immaterial anymore. No one will commit crime, not will couple will fight and file for annulment, there will be no more problems on wills and succession, rights of all persons will be considered, no more politicians will cheat on the elcetions, a question on citzenship is anymore a question, everybody will be honest, all obligations and contracts will be consumated properly, labor and transportation issues will not exist, people will pay proper taxes and polititians will use those taxes properly, and such other laws will not anymore be questioned nor violated.
I, being a law student, bring with me the belief of the impossibility of a perfect and ideal world. It is inevitable in a society if not all persons, but at least some to commit felonies, offenses or inflict damages to other persons. That’s why implementation of law is necessary.
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