Two competing demands we make of the law create a troubling conflict that contributes to the law's frequent failure to deliver what we imagine it should. ███
Formal justice means we want law to be rational, consistently applied, and blind to the different social and economic situations of the people it applies to.
If we can’t have the kind of equality necessary for reconciling formalism and substantive justice, we should abandon formalism in favor of substantive justice.
Passage Style
Problem-analysis
Single position
5.
The passage indicates that which ███ ██ ███ █████████ ██ █ ██████████████ ██ █ ████ ██ ███ ████ ████████ ██████ ██████████ ████████
Question Type
Stated
We’re looking for something that is stated about a legal system that delivers only procedural justice. Procedural justice is another name for formalism. We know the author thinks this kind of system isn’t the best, because it doesn’t deliver substantive justice.
a
It cannot be ██████ ████ ██ ███████ ███████ ████ ███ ████████████ ████ ███ ██████████
Stated.
b
It derives from ██████████ ██████████ ██ ████ ██ █████████ ███████
The author never states this about procedural justice. In fact, based on the second paragraph, procedural justice / formalism does not derive from subjective experience.
c
It adapts too ███████ ██ ██████ ████████
This is the opposite of what is stated about procedural justice. Procedural justice does not take into account social context.
d
It takes into ███████ ███ ██████ ███ ████████ █████████████ ██ █████ ███ ████ ██████ ███ ████
This is the opposite of what is stated about procedural justice. Procedural justice does not take into account social context.
e
It is based ██ █ ██████ █████████████ ██ ████████ ███ ████████
This is never stated about procedural justice. The fourth sentence of P2 does reference “common understanding of fairness and justice,” but this relates to substantive justice, not procedural justice.
Difficulty
85% of people who answer get this correct
This is a low-difficulty question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%120
133
75%146
Analysis
Stated
Law
Problem-analysis
Single position
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
85%
158
b
2%
145
c
1%
144
d
2%
149
e
10%
149
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