RC Question 25 Explanation, by LSATHacks
DISCUSSION: The sources are mentioned on lines 9-13. They say that the sources can answer the following: “how the law was intended or thought to affect women”.
All the wrong answers say how the law affected women. Only court cases can answer that, not traditional sources.
___________
- CORRECT. This sounds like a direct rephrase of line 9.
- This sounds like the effects of the law.
- Same as C. The traditional sources can’t help us figure out how court cases went.
- Lines 16-17 directly contradict this. Only court cases can tell us how statutory privileges were thwarted.
- This is a practical question. The traditional sources are useless for practical questions.
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I had a question in regards to part of answer “A.” I understand how the second part is correct (how those laws affected women) but the first part stating the INTENT of medieval english law in regards to women is what we were lacking in these sources. The author states we need information on how the law was intended to affect women. Do you mind explaining please? Thank you in advance.
In line 11, the passage tells us that the sources mentioned in this question can be used to answer “these latter questions”. What exactly are “these latter questions?” They show up in lines 9-10:
1) How was the law intended to affect women?
2) What were commentator’s thoughts on how the law actually affected women?
Answer choice (A) perfectly sums these questions up.