#15 - Specific Reference, Must Be True, Purpose/Function

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (C).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice.

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E):

This explanation is still in progress. Please post any questions below!

[PresidentLSAT]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (C).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice.

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E):

This explanation is still in progress. Please post any questions below!

I got this answer right and narrowed it to A and C but somehow, the context makes A confusing. The phrase basically describes acknowledging the old existing law but interpreting in a way that is in keeping with today's society.

What makes A wrong? Is it because the law is already categorized?

[KelseyWoods]

Hi PresidentLSAT!

You're correct that the text of the passage describes "re-constituting" as staying "faithful to the old text but also responsive to and informed by the conditions, constraints, and aspirations of the world in which the new legal problem has arisen." That matches with answer choice (C) very well--you have to interpret the original law so that you can stay faithful to it but also refashion it so that it may be applied to modern conditions. As you note, nothing in the text really describes this as a process of categorizing the law. But it also isn't really about just rephrasing the law either--rephrasing would just be restating the law as written, but in different words. As described by the passage, "re-constituting" goes beyond just restating the old texts; it refers to reinterpreting the old texts so that the spirit of those laws may be applied to modern problems which may have not even been envisioned when the law was originally written.

Hope this helps!

Best,
Kelsey