The Two Sides of A Coin

The English legal system operates two principal branches: Common Law and Equity. Common Law is based on first principles. In this world, it appears that everything we do at each given point in time is either right or wrong to the people the action affects. Common Law is therefore a legal system that classifies actions as being right or wrong.
However, as the English legal system evolved on the basis of Common Law, it was noticed a lot of people who were pronounced guilty had very good arguments in support for their actions.

They therefore petitioned the King who gave ear to them and considered their plights and passed judgments that were fairer to all the people involved in the case. This led to the development of the system called Equity. This dual legal system has spread to all nations around the globe.

The question remains, how did this system find its way into all nations around the globe? A logical explanation for this lies in the fact that principle balances principles. A child is not conceived by one person, it takes a male and female to bring a child into the world and raise it. Many men have the tendency of remaining factual whilst women often look at the bigger picture before taking a decision.

Coincidentally, the balance between males and females is equal in every sense of the world and this creates two distinct institutions that work together to bring out optimum results.

As identified by earlier management writers, when people are poor, they are willing to do all it takes to get rich. However, when they get enough money, they turn to desire other things that are of a social nature; things that cannot be tangibly measured like social identification and social status.

Democracy is based on duality. In democracies, different opinions and philosophies are allowed to exist side by side to balance each other for the best results. This seems to be gaining roots in the world and this makes the world a better place.

It is therefore imperative for people to look at different sides of situations before taking decisions. It is not appropriate anymore to live by absolute principles. Rather, we have to consider both sides of every situation before taking a stand.

Samuel Owusu-Yeboah , The NGOAE