LEX PARETO NOTES . . . Vital few, Trivial many
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What started out as a student project is now a popular 5 volume publication. Inspired by the original idea by bar top notcher and bar reviewer Prof. Abelardo Domondon that the bar exams has a "pattern," the Lex Pareto Notes is based on the "Pareto Principle" laid down in the late 1800s by Italian Economist Vilfredo Pareto and popularized by Dr. Joseph Juran in 1941. In 2006 the Pareto principle is once again popularized in legal circles as it's application is found in the preparation for the bar exams.
The five volume work contains, graphs, statistics on how many times a question has been asked on a particular article. It will point out the applicability of the Pareto law in the bar exam questions. It also discusses the doctrines that were asked in the bar exams. The first four volumes corresponds to the subjects that will be given for the 4 Sundays of the bar exams. Volume 1 will be on Political law and Labor law. Volume 2 will be on Civil law and TAXATION. Volume 3 will be about Mercantile law and Criminal law while Volume 4 will be on Remedial law and Legal Ethics and Practical exercises. Volume 5 will be all about bar questions from 1990 to 2005 arranged in the order as they appear on each of the 4 volumes of the Pareto notes. Volume 5 is useful for those who wish to check how each article or doctrine is uniquely asked in the bar exams.
So what is the Lex Pareto notes and what is the Pareto principle ? How does this apply to the preparations for the bar exams ?
A famous bar reviewer once said, that only 25 % of the articles in the Civil code are going to be asked in the bar exams. The rest of the 75 % will never be asked or if they will be, they will seldom be asked. He quipped “Magiging ka tawa-tawa ang bar exam pag kinuha sa 75 % sa civil code ang mga questions.”
Prof. Ablerado Domdon said that one of the reason why he topped the bar exams is because he studied the previous bar exam questions and saw a “pattern” in the questions that are being asked. Other bar topnotchers can also attest to this fact. Prof. Domondon is one of the original and strongest proponent of the pattern approach in the reviewing for the bar exams.
This is what the Lex Pareto Notes is all about. The Lex Pareto Notes is based on the foundation laid down by Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto. If Pareto were alive today he could say that 20 % of the law are the questions that will most likely be asked in the bar exams, while approximately 80 % of it will rarely be asked or never asked at all.
The Pareto principle was originally used and applied by Pareto in his economic models. It was Dr. Joseph Juran who found a “universal” application for the Pareto principle. He can also be credit as being the one who coined the phrase “Pareto principle” or the “Vital few, trivial many” principle.
The 80/20 Rule means that in everything there is a “vital a few” (20 percent) that results in the “trivial many” (80 percent) For Pareto it meant 20 percent of the people owned 80 percent of the wealth. In Juran's work he identified 20 percent of the defects causing 80 percent of the problems Project managers know that about 20 percent of the work consume 80 percent of time and resources. 80 percent of company sales will come from 20 percent of the sales people. 20 percent of the employee will cause 80 percent of the problems. The 80/20 Rule applies to almost anything, from management to science. So why can’t we apply it in preparations for the bar exam?
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"Above, far above, the prejudices and passions of men soar the laws of nature. Eternal and immutable, they are the expression of the creative power; they represent what is, what must be, what otherwise could not be. . . "- Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923)
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