Research and Describe Relationship Between Law & Literature (Essay Sample)

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Law and literature are essential components of any society. They are perceived to be the core of human civilization. The Greco-Roman era up to the medieval period is considered to provide major developments and advancements of the human civilization. The ages changed the perceptions, ideologies, and interaction of the human race. Law determined provided the structure for governing while literature provided the structure of individual operations about their environment. Research broadens the minds of the people as well as provided an avenue for recording historical events and acted as a mode of expression. Poetry, song, and books were written expressing and storing the heritage that the age brought.
The to understand the relationship between law and literature one must go back to the origins of law. The concept of law is believed to have originated from Greek philosophy. Greeks aligned the law with writings, rhetoric’s and speech. Rhetorics was for the purpose of presenting arguments in courts. While the writing was for recording purposes of court proceedings and findings in the early ages.
The concept of law about religion was major at the time as the Bible, and sacred texts were the core of Judaism. In the medieval era commonly known as the Middle Ages constituted of the Talmudic studies and techniques of interpretation. The Talmud had become the center of the rabbinic Judaism thus the need more new technologies in the study and interpretation of sacred texts.
The new methods of textual analysis were based on the Ashkenazi and Sephardi communities' approach. The two major factors that were to be considered were explanatory and critical. The explanatory technique was meant to decipher the texts and make the language, reasoning, and terminologies more accessible to the scholars. The critical approach would be implemented to eliminate anomalies that were present in the Talmud texts. The critical approach would make the text relevant to the current situation at the time.
The new age brought about the desire for knowledge thus an increase in the number of scholars who wanted to attain knowledge. The incoming students did not possess adequate knowledge of the texts and thus the need for simplification through explanation. Jargons were standard thus eliminated and replaced with similar words that would be understood. The texts had multiple contradictions that lead to confusion as well as the fact that they were structured in an ancient manner. The older scholars saw it fit to eliminate contradictions as well as present scenarios in the texts that would be relevant in the current setting. The application of information and in turn the law would only be facilitated by a proper understanding of the text.
The transition from classical to middle age philosophies was challenging and it illustrated the strained relationship between Judaism and Greek civilization. One particular breed of philosophers was substantially swayed by Greek ideologies especially about Plotinus and Aristotle. Despite Plato being a famous philosopher with great ideas it was unfortunate that there was no written evidence of his accounts. Plato’s views and ideas mysteriously vanished. In the search for Plato's ideologies scholars looked for guidance and relevance from Plotinus in regards to Plato's ideas. The researchers looking on to Plotinus were assumed that his views were similar to Plato thus they ignored the concept that Plotinus had differences of opinion of his own and could not provide and objective account of Plato. The lack of objectivity thus presented Plotinus’ views rather than those of Plato and ultimately burying the Plato philosophies.
The second set of philosophers was influenced by Judaism and ultimately Christianity. The religion wa...