How hard is law??

I think that Critical Thinking (if you're lucky enough to be offered it) has a lot to do with law - breaking down arguments, seeing what's wrong with them and constructing much sounder ones for yourself. I mean, who wouldn't love to stand up in court and announce "Objection! Tu Quoque!" (it's a flaw...I think...)

oh god ... that flaw ... i cant even remember which one it means. Critical thinking helps alot more. I dropped AS Law because my teacher was through a webcam and 1 hour a week wasn't enough for me. I then picked up Critical thinking and found it alot more better, nothing to revise just skills you need to use and remember a few stupid words .. Ad hominem ... why cant they use English? lol.

Because the Latin is equally simple to remember and gets you in the frame of mind to use them. Which is especially useful if you are going to study law or philosophy (or both ), since you'll be coming across lots of Latin bits in those subjects anyway.

Don't fear the crinkly Latin bits. Just use it to make yourself look smart.

Also, it's much more succint. It's much easier in an exam to write, for example, "ceteris paribus" rather than "all other things being equal", or "inter alia" rather than "amongst other things"...

Because the Latin is equally simple to remember and gets you in the frame of mind to use them. Which is especially useful if you are going to study law or philosophy (or both ), since you'll be coming across lots of Latin bits in those subjects anyway.

Don't fear the crinkly Latin bits. Just use it to make yourself look smart.

it seems as though many ppl (uni counsellors, teachers) encourage students to do history at a level if they want to read law at uni. How similar are these two subjects in terms of levels of analysis, essay writing skills etc...???