Movie for legal professionals

BY: EIFFEL RAMÍREZ AVILÉS

Who would have thought that the perfect film for legal professionals was by no means meant for them. It’s referred to as Saint Augustine and he was launched fourteen years in the past, however with a spiritual purpose: he was attempting to advertise the hagiography of that Catholic saint. And, for the remaining, it’s a lovely and pathetic movie, because it presents a tireless mom, a loopy son and the victory of Christianity within the face of destruction and loss of life.

However let’s get all the way down to enterprise. The principle character, Augustine of Hippo, along with being one of many unnamed saints of the church, appears to have been a lawyer. Higher stated: Augustine’s nice younger dream was to not turn out to be a saint, however to turn out to be a profitable lawyer. Subsequently, the primary a part of the movie exhibits us how Augustine was educated by his instructor, Macrobius, and the way he labored exhausting to attain the popularity of a distinguished lawyer.

However a “distinguished lawyer” within the sense of Macrobius. That is the opposite huge character right here. He turns into the archetype of a crafty lawyer. When Agustín arrives at his faculty, he teaches him a basic factor: to win a case, the reality have to be put aside. And he provides one thing extra daring: the distinction between a mediocre lawyer and a profitable one is that the latter has the braveness to dwell with out the reality. Macrobius, then, is the everlasting ghost of lawyer ethics. In accordance with him, it’s essential to misinform keep away from obligation. And whether it is essential to intervene, it might be this: when the President of our Republic selected to offer a false (and laughable) model in relation to some luxurious watches he, absolutely, had steered from her lawyer. Now we all know what ghost was behind it.

However Augustine of Hippo grew uninterested in Macrobius’ success tales. He decides to go in opposition to it. In a memorable scene, he insults his instructor that they’re unable to proceed to guard actual criminals. Macrobius – a person who is tough to crack – replies that whether or not somebody is responsible or harmless is established solely in a trial and the one with the perfect phrases wins. That somebody’s duty is set solely in a trial, we name at this time, with nice satisfaction, the precept of presumption of innocence. Macrobius, as I stated, is a troublesome nut to crack.

Nonetheless, Agustín is set to surpass his instructor. In that very same scene, Agustin seems a bit of. Plainly Macrobio is true: there are legal professionals who (and generally out of necessity) lie to save lots of their shoppers. Likewise, whether or not they’re criminals or not, that is solely established in a public trial. However there’s something that Macrobius misses. All fact, Augustine properly solutions, referring to Cicero, individuals have to be completely happy. Mendacity or profiting from the presumption of innocence might meet the boundaries of success and the letter of the legislation, however they don’t fulfill the ethical conscience that’s happy solely with the efficiency of responsibility. : the responsibility to inform the reality. Macrobius is truthful and really authorized; Then again, Augustine opens the correct to morality.

The movie would not finish there, after all. However for us it’s sufficient. The dilemma of one of many world’s biggest skilled careers is completely summed up in these transient conversations between Macrobius and Agustín. Now it’s as much as the younger legal professionals to resolve which card to take.