Many people stop right here and do not want to read any further. If these words were the complete thought brought forth by the apostle Paul, one might be excused for believing that those who seek to render obedience to God's ten commandments are under a curse. But these would miss the real point that the apostle was seeking to make. The fact of the matter is, the curse comes upon men, not because they keep the Law, but because they failed to do so.
Closer observation reveals that the curse is actually the curse which comes because of disobedience.
Disobedience to God's Law is itself the curse, and the curse it brings is death. All have failed to fulfill the works of the Law in their lives. Thus anyone who seeks by good works to remove the curse from themselves of having broken that Law will still remain under that curse. We see this same principle in the application of human laws. The laws which prohibit an individual from defrauding or committing violence against his neighbor are not a curse, or a type of bondage.