In Love with Constitution???

Pn Sitha, this is my fourth entry..

Being a law student for a few weeks has made my life fun and miserable at the same time. I feel miserable because all I can think of everyday is piles of work waiting for me to finish it while on the other hand; I still enjoy being a law student because I learn a lot during these few weeks.

True..as Pn Sitha mentioned in the class, I can’t be learning nothing for these past few weeks. For me, the most significant experience is … after attending Constitution lectures and tutorials, not forgetting the scolding that we get for every tutorials because we didn’t prepare or rather we did prepare but then not as much as what she expected from us, I still love Constitution. This is because there is no specific book for you to read and the concept of Constitution is too wide-unlike Contract law or Malaysia Legal System whereby it’s quite specific. At first, I don’t deny that I really hate Constitution because I can’t understand what Dr Norlia teach… Whatever she teaches usually can’t be found in the books I refer to because I am reading basic Constitution book while she is reading a deeper level of books on Constitution. Subsequently, I realize that Constitution is really fun.

Let me elaborate further. The main reference that we must refer to is Federal Constitution. I have always thought that there are no flaws in the Federal Constitution until recently. For example, there is no specific article in the Federal Constitution which states about actions or words that can be considered as contempt of court. Besides, in recent PBL moot for Constitution, I was trying to prove that non citizens also can sue the Sultan as Art 182(2) of the Constitution did not state clearly whether citizen only can sue the Sultan or non citizen can sue the Sultan as well. It’s all depends on how we interpret the article in the Federal Constitution and how we argue in the court- then we leave the rest to the judge to decide.

Having learned that, I now realise that constitution is pretty much playing around with words. For example, the word “persons” include citizens and non citizens however the word “citizens” only involve the citizens in that particular country. Every word that we utter means a lot. Most importantly, I have learned that as a law student, I ought to be careful with my words. As much as I hate constitution at first, I realised that this skill that Dr Norlia has taught me during tutorial is essential to me especially as a first year student. I’m certain that this skill would definitely be useful in future when I have to do mooting or client counselling.

I really start to love Constitution now and I hope that I will do well in my exam for Constitution also. ;)