dysfunctions of the law

Question 1

harassment

Answer 1

-legal actions may be brought to harass individual/ to gain revenge rather than correct a leak wrong

Question 2

bias

Answer 2

-the law may reflect biases and prejudices or reflect the most powerful economic interest

Question 3

repression

Answer 3

-the law may be used by totalitarian regimes (a form of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens) as an instrument of repression (restraint)

Question 4

rigidity

Answer 4

-rules or laws cannot be changed and are therefore considered severe

Question 4

precedent

Answer 4

-the custom of the courts is to stand by previous decisions, same decisions/ laws must be applied in future cases