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In recent years, a growing belief that the way society decides what to treat as true is controlled through largely unrecognized discursive practices has led legal reformers to examine the complex interconnections between narrative and law. ██ ████ █████ ████████ █████ █████████ ███ █████ ██ █████████ ███████ █████ ███████ ███████ ██████ █████████ █████ ███████ ██████ ███ ██████ ████ ████████ ████ ███████ ██ ████ ███ ██████ ██████ ██ ██████ ███

Context · How do we decide what is true or false?

Legal systems use competing narratives about events; judges and juries assign "truth"

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Introduce concept · Objectivism

The "objective" view is neutral, unbiased, and more reliable than other views

Apply concept · of objectivism to legal "truth"

Truth is found in an objective view of events

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Criticism · No one holds an objective view

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Support criticism · According to psychologists, everyone holds biases

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Author's perspective · Legal views are subjective, not objective

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Problem · Objectivist assumptions favor those with legal training

Accounts by those who understand the law are (wrongly) seen as objective and true; others accounts are (wrongly) seen as false

Solution · according to some legal scholars

Alternative legal narratives

Explain solution · Replace abstract objectivist discourse with personal narratives

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Support solution · Personal stories elicit empathy

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Implications of solution · Disruption of status quo, less advantage bestowed by legal training, emphasis on empathy

Passage Style

Critique or debate

Problem-analysis

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Question Type

Author’s attitude

Implied

The author has a positive attitude toward the legal scholars’ proposals. This is evident from the last few lines of the passage, where the author no longer attributes her claims to the scholars but appears to make statements using her own voice. The author is the one who says personal narrative can create empathy and that narrative can play a positive role in the process of legal reconstruction.

strongly opposed

The author’s attitude toward the proposals is positive, as shown by the last few lines of the passage.

somewhat skeptical

The author’s attitude toward the proposals is positive, as shown by the last few lines of the passage.

ambivalent

The author’s attitude toward the proposals is positive, as shown by the last few lines of the passage. There’s no hint of having mixed feelings about the proposals.

strongly supportive

This is supported by the last few lines of the passage, where the author no longer attributes her claims to the scholars but appears to make statements using her own voice. The author is the one who says personal narrative can create empathy and that narrative can play a positive role in the process of legal reconstruction.

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unreservedly optimistic

This doesn’t fit, because the author doesn’t assert that the proposals will definitely succeed. Rather, the author says that they “might” play a positive role, and that they “can” shatter the complacency of the legal establishment. This language shows an attitude that’s more cautious about the prospect of success than “unreservedly optimistic.”

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