Here in the US, at least, #law is not hard to learn.
#Learning the law, whether in general or in a specific area, takes only one thing: lots of #reading. As long as you're not intimidated by reading, then almost nothing about law ought to intimidate you.
Unlike other professions, there's no diverse mental or physical skill set needed for law. There's just one big skill—reading. Thus, the only concerns are whether one is willing to read a lot and whether one has enough time for it.
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A caveat, though...I believe the goal shouldn't be to understand as much as a practicing lawyer. In general, I feel the goal should be to simply learn enough to not inadvertently break laws or unknowingly support illegal acts.
With those points in mind, I think US citizens normally have a #CivicDuty to educate themselves about US law over the course of a lifetime. That is, they should regularly invest time in developing legal knowledge as they progress through life.
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A good approach: they can start with resources on the US Constitution, eventually endeavoring to read it directly; with more down-to-earth legal topics being explored along the way.
If a person does that over the course of a lifetime—#studying bit by bit—then the chance of accidentally breaking laws (or encouraging others to break laws) would be slim. Partly due to recognition of how fragile the rule of law is. Plus, if necessary, the person could become a better advocate for change.
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mindsets