SOC323H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jury Nullification, Rhetorical Device, Murder Of Reena Virk
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Courts of law not courts of justice : guilt is a legal distinction, not a distinction about justice (if you do it or not, burqa ban in france (handout) Islamic law itself symbolizes repression or oppression of women 2 elements of coercion; it"s clearly restrictive if people choose to wear burqa. In article, she believes in the french law, we buy into the law, into the symbolic value of the law. Idea that we value choice, says now telling us anything about islamic but telling us what france values the most and that"s choice and somehow the job, the burqa is not a symbol of choice. All these things serve to strip it of its context. Idea of stripping the burqa of its context is crucial. What does loo mean by this? idea that the law fashions in narratives, getting us to fit a story.
