PrepTest 108, Section 1, Question 15
In recent years, a growing belief that the(460 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(16 more words not shown)
- AIn most Western(11 more words not shown)
- BExpertise in legal(7 more words not shown)
- CLegal discourse has(7 more words not shown)
- DLegal discourse has(8 more words not shown)
- ETraditional legal discourse(6 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We know that legal fluency makes a difference: accounts from trained insiders have been accepted, while those from people without that fluency have been rejected. We also know the writer challenges the system's claim to neutrality. An inference needs to follow from those points, rather than add a new account of how the legal system works.
Working the answers
- A
We aren't told who controls access to legal training. An advantage for trained people doesn't identify who decides which people receive the training.
- BCorrect
The final paragraph describes people excluded from legal discourse “and, hence, from power.” That explicitly connects participation with power. Together with the advantage given to trained speakers, it supports the claim that expertise in legal discourse affords power in these systems.
- C
The discourse is described as abstract, but no centuries-long trend toward increasing abstraction is given. Having a feature isn't the same as becoming progressively more so.
- D
This reverses the position. Traditional objectivist discourse assumes the neutral account; the writer criticizes the absence of a neutral observer. Don't assign that criticism to the system being criticized.
- E
Traditional discourse is described as selecting the true account and rejecting others. Reconciling different worldviews isn't identified as its aim.
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