Is history necessary for studying law?

Question

Is history necessary for studying law?

Answer 1

history is necessary in everything if you dont know from which you came how can you know where you are going

Answer 2

YES!!! because a lot of laws and milestones in law were made by previous trials.

Answer 3

yes..to a point



you have to take some English , history and math , biology.all of the general studies .just like high school

Answer 4

I think so because they refer back to old cases to justify new existing cases.

Answer 5

No. Studying history may improve your writing skills but it is not a necessary background subject for a person who wants to study law.

Answer 6

well of course. you don't think you can be president of the united states without knowing the founds fathers of our country and the united states constitution do you? well hm, i guess not bush don't know anything.

Answer 7

No. Never took it and getting by fine. You learn all about the history of each area (eg torts, contract, etc) in the first week or so then you move on.

Answer 8

I want a new career...



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Answer 9

yes....helps to know what has happened, in order to figure out where to go.



history is a very useful subject,...certainly more worthy than media studies or david beckham....two ever growing courses people r actually paying to study!

Answer 10

Sure. To be a lawyer, you have to get a law degree from a law school. To enter law school, you have to finish college. To enter college, you have to finish high school. You need to study and pass all general education subjects, including history, social science, math, biology, english, etc.



Now, will a knowledge of history help you in your law studies? Definitely. Law courses require a lot of reading, analyzing, memorizing, public speaking, and essay writing. And law cases deal with past human transactions. So, history would be indispensable in the study of the law.



As to great pre-law degree programs, I'd recommend you take any academic program addressing humans and society (e.g. business management, psychology, economics, political science, history, journalism, literature, philosophy, etc.), and not technical courses dealing with objects (ex: computer science, chemistry, engineering, physics, etc.).



Good luck!