Law - Reflection Report

Like other economic students, I do learn about law. As the first year of degree student

who has never been to the university, I wonder why I had to learn this course as one of my

subjects' choice. The first thing we need to know is the definition of law. Law is a rule created

by state institutions, while economics is a study about humankind in life.

From the first topic, I have learned about the difference between law and morality. As

a person who lives in a society, we must know how to distinguish between these two to control

our behavior and take appropriate action to the situation no matter where we are. For example,

if we witness someone being caught red-handed stealing a piece of bread in desperate need of

nourishment, it should not be considered a crime. In contrast, someone who stole a large

amount of food and resold it at a higher price to make profit should be considered a crime.

Even both stole the same brand of bread, but the purpose of stealing tells the difference between

morality and law. Different cases require us to take appropriate action. This situation has

explained why we should know the difference between law and morality.

By studying law from Topic 1, I am aware of the importance of laws in daily life. Law

is essential to society's life because it can control human behavior, not to commit crimes such

as robbery and murder at will. With the law, the rights of the people will be protected. For

instance, in Tutorial 2, we have been asked to discuss the traffic incident between the innocent

pedestrian and the drunk driver. We realize that if a person is involved in a road accident, there

is an act that helps the victim to get justice. While discussing the act that defends the road

users, I also discovered that we also had an act about protecting consumer rights. According

to the act, if a person is involved in the fraudulent purchase of goods, they can complain to the

Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives & Consumerism (MDTCC). Fortunately, this

situation can also be applied if buyers shop online because the rights of individuals are

protected under the Consumer Protection Act 1999. Finally, I can use my knowledge in reallife situations since I always love to shop online and know my rights as a consumer. I can not

imagine, without the enactment of such an act, how will the fate of the persecuted consumer

be protected? How will they set justice? Indeed, by studying the law, I know and understand

the importance of an act being enacted.

Next, under the Topic 2, I started to realize that knowledge in economics is very

important in legislation in the formation of new acts related to economics matters such as trade,

investment, and others. In other words, legal decisions are made based on economic efficiency.

Economic knowledge will be applied and will be considered in enacting relevant acts to ensure

transparency and justice to the parties involved. One of the examples of the act is the Price

Control & Anti-Rationing Act 2010. Clearly, law and economics are always related to each

other. Hence, this topic is personally applicable because I can relate to these two fields. The

close connection between the legal field and the economic field that I study makes me realize

that I should emphasize this course in my lessons as other courses; even more so, this course

is also often associated with daily life without us realizing it.

Furthermore, legal decisions affect economic outcomes. From what I have learned,

there are three branches of civil law relevant to it: contract law, tort, and property law. I can

apply what I have learned in the macroeconomics course with one of these branches. For

instance, if a consumer consumes a defective product from one company and makes the

consumer sicks, strict liability tort can be applied to this situation. If convicted, the company

will be subject to legal action, including closing its premises within a time. This situation will

affect the country's economic growth. This situation has explained enough, without the

understanding of law, learning economics is incomplete.

Moreover, Introduction to Law course has offered many skills that would be useful for

me, a student. In making our assignments, it required me to have a good skill in research and

writing. I need to find a piece of valid information to make the essay becomes more accurate.

Hence, I need to search for information using reference materials such as journals, books, and

academic exercises. Also, I have got to possess a skill in processing sentences so that the reader

can easily understand without changing the sentence's meaning. These two skills need to be

mastered by every student, and these assignments and tutorials allowed me to practice and

sharpen my skills. These skills would be beneficial for me. As a degree student, I often do

some research on other courses as part of my learning process. Thus, these skills are being

used a lot in this process.

Lastly, in this course, I also learned about working as a team. I do know how to adapt

and deal with all kinds of people from different backgrounds. Since almost all assignments

and tutorials need to be done in a group, my friends and I work as a team. When there is a

misunderstanding, we try to resolve it together. No doubt, teamwork makes me able to

communicate clearly and enhance my social skills. The question is, how can it apply to my

life? Of course, I will need all these soft skills in the future to enhance my employability since

most of the jobs nowadays require teamwork.

To conclude, I have learned a lot from taking the Introduction to Law course, besides,

I can applicable it to my daily life or as an economic student. This course taught me a lot of

things that are useful for me in a short term and in long term from various aspects of life.