Kristina Mysenko

The importance of legal terminology in jurisprudence can't be overstated. The correct using of the term can influence on the application of law and the rule of justice. As Joseph Sobran said: " Constitutional jurisprudence has become a game without rules. By defying the plain meaning of words, ignoring context and history, and using a little ingenuity, you can make the Constitution mean anything you like ". That's why, I consider that the studying of law can't be full and correct without learning the meaning and the history of legal terms. If the one term was applied in different ways or it was interpreted as someone wanted or needed, than we wouldn't be able to speak about justice and the rule of right anymore that would be the measurement of authorities and would lead to chaos. People had understood the consequences of such pluralism of meanings many years ago and that caused the creation of law and its terminology. The law and the legal terminology were found at the same time. The fact, that law was intended for the common understanding lead to the unification of the literature style and creating common norms and terms. It was important to find the right term for the expression of different relationships. With the development of language its functions develop as well, were found terms to express abstract concepts as will, morality, freedom, justice, ideal and others. Language improves two opposite functions, essential for lawmaking: abstract and concretizing. The first legal documents, such as the Code of

The importance of legal terminology in jurisprudence can't be overstated. The correct using of the term can influence on the application of law and the rule of justice. As Joseph Sobran said: " Constitutional jurisprudence has become a game without rules. By defying the plain meaning of words, ignoring context and history, and using a little ingenuity, you can make the Constitution mean anything you like ". That's why, I consider that the studying of law can't be full and correct without learning the meaning and the history of legal terms. If the one term was applied in different ways or it was interpreted as someone wanted or needed, than we wouldn't be able to speak about justice and the rule of right anymore that would be the measurement of authorities and would lead to chaos. People had understood the consequences of such pluralism of meanings many years ago and that caused the creation of law and its terminology. The law and the legal terminology were found at the same time. The fact, that law was intended for the common understanding lead to the unification of the literature style and creating common norms and terms. It was important to find the right term for the expression of different relationships. With the development of language its functions developed as well, were found terms to express abstract concepts as will, morality, freedom, justice, ideal and others. Language improved two opposite functions, essential for lawmaking: abstract and concretizing. Legal language is special, because people cannot replace one legal term by another without the consequences. However, language changes over time. It cannot be frozen to reflect one age. Lawyers often try to fix a meaning. But the evolution of language resists this. Modern English legal terminology contains many terms in Latin, French and antique English. That's quite interesting how the words from different languages and different historical periods can be combined in the speech of modern lawyer. From my point of view, the balanced connection of the masterpieces of legal thoughts from different epochs and countries creates the harmoniously, accomplished, high-level legal system, which is fairly close to the perfection.