Meandering Thoughts

I can't help but feel ambitious. Not so much from egocentrism or vanity, I think, but from the empowering sense derived from studying law. This sounds like a crock, but I can't get escape the notion that the law is the tool of the ambitious and inherently empowers those who study it. The more I read and learn about the law, the more it seems that it's existence is a testament to the insatiable appetite for power of men. There seems to be no consistent manifestation for the want of power in scholars of law. It seems natural however that it is the most direct avenue to exercise dominance over another. Obviously legislation is at the core of government, but even those working for noble causes wield the magnificent tool to benefit others and promote one cause over another. It might be an ethical issue, but no matter what, an action has consequences affecting something. The creation of the consequence, is the power. It's almost a physical semblance. Energy is the ability to do work. Expending energy in the form of work has a conesquential result. What is more affecting than a legal result in any form? Aside from military conquest and wealth, there is nothing I can think of that is more tangible. This realization naturally causes one to imagine the immense possibilities. I have no idea to what end this will bring me, but it contextualizes almost all law related events. Politics, court decisions... Almost the utilitarian ideas articulated by JS Mill. Who benefits and to what degree? That's where the posterity clause of the constitution comes into play... To create a more perfect union blah blah blah for our posterity. To what degree can we bind them? The world, in theory, belongs in usufruct to the living. Justinian institutes etc etc Leviticus... Jefferson suggested all contracts and debts expire after 19 years. So why then is there concept of common law and binding precedent? Obviously certain issues don't become moot... It seems the power to bind posterity is the ultimate exposition of power and vanity. The want to bind posterity is the ultimate depiction of ambition and vanity?


Sorry for loading so hard, but all this shit constantly swirls around in my brain.