institutionalised inequality? (1 Viewer)

[mibiony]

as the title suggests.... was n e one as clueless as me when they saw that question? Honestly how many of you actually knew the meaning on 'institutionalised inequality'. Our teacher neva focused on it and i juz schemed past it! i juz wrote just to do with fairness and etc then said that inequalit exists cuz ppl arent always treated accordingly.... obviously i wrote more but juz sumed it up...

 

[sped_kid01]

wouldnt it be like? ......sorry if this is wrong...but mandatory sentencing in NT? orrrrr??? say.....women in the work place (sticky floor, pink ghetto...etc) and how even tho legislation HAS helped them, there is still equaility problems (eg. paid maternity leave....unable to work while they are 'raising children')...idunno? that along the lines of what i wrote...anyone else?
n a good/just law is supposed to applied equally....to EVERYONE?

 

[lildr3am3r]

hahah i was a bit stuck ... but teacher sorta talked about it once.. n it's got soemthing to do with inequality in stuff liek laws?

n i incorpated family into it ahhaha... oops
but coz the anti discrimination act doesnt state discrimination again relationship so same sex relationships r disadvatanged by that?? n the marriage bill they going to pass *or have the passed it?* they r banning same sex. so yeah.

dats all i put

 

[lildr3am3r]

yeah i think the mandatory sentencing would eb a right one too

 

[dezzy]

i wrote how some people in society (judges, police etc) who have a higher status may be seen as 'above' the law, therefore equality isnt achieved and the law is unjust? i was going to talk about that judge and his 'missing' blood sample but i didnt want to write too much?
thats the way i interpreted the question anyways..

 

[Gemstone]

Yeah it's stuff like how the law excludes or disadvantages a particular group within society. It's often done because the majority of society feel it is okay. I talked about how the Aboriginal people weren't included on the cencus or given rights because they weren't considered as being civilised people.

~ Gems

 

[townie]

wat r the characteristics of a just law again

all i could remember were accessible and, enforceable

 

[lildr3am3r]

i remember treating them all equal.. n it's utilatitiraian ro sumfin. damn i cant spell it now.. i didnt even know what it means but i remmebered it ahhahahaa

 

[LadyBec]

i said how laws aimed to provide the greatest happpiness for the greatest number of people, thus their very nature disadvantages people in society, then i threw in a few examples. I don't know if that's right though, i had a bit of a guess lol

 

[defiance26]

wasnt it about the government and institutionalised inequality? i referred to the government institutions- executive, legislature and judiciary- and how to acces them power and wealth must be held in most cases blah blah blah i dunno im pretty sure that was in the excel and thats where i got that from haha

 

[beccaxx]

i studied this question!
institutionalised inequality is bout how they try and hav the rule of law and natural justice, but simply due to the fact wealthier ppl can hire better lawyers and more educated ppl can do better in courts etc, it is bout how even if u try to be completely equal, there will still b factors such as the fact a poor person with legal aid going against a rich corporation with the best lawyers is going to hav a degree of inequality in the fact the lawyers are differing in their abilities, but poorer ppl hav no other choice.....
so inequal in that while every1 has the same rule of law applied, some can afford to get out of stuff simply due to their wealth etc

 

[carlz_07]

a just law is - acceptable, enforceable, discoverable (publically known)

institutionalised inequality is in the key questions for law and justice.. it says something like How does formal equality before the law hide institutionalised ineqaulity... macquarie had a good answer that I used mostly... just related issues like women, unemployed, wealthy etc to the question.... because they are the examples in the text of institutionalised inequality.

 

[Jess_L]

This is how we were taught what institutionalised inequality is.

A poor person with no job etc and a person very well off commits the same crime ie speeding, they both get fined the same amount say $5000 or whatever.
To the rich person it's like pocket change and doesnt affect them very much however for the poor person it is a harsher punishment and greatly affects them. The law is consistant but in cases were institutionalised inequality arises it's not always fair and just for the parties involved!!!

I thought the test was a bit different from previous ones but I was really happy with it. The M.C was a bit hard other than that i think it was pretty good.

 

[nuffy]

i talked mainly about affirmative action - giving previously diadvantaged people an advantage

 

[*bkr2004*]

For this qn, i thout a good example was Rene Rivkin and how he thout he could get away with insider trading becos he was a man of great power and infuence in the business industry. I said how he tried to be acquitted and called upon numerous doctors, and specialists saying that he had a brain tuma.. blah... anyways u just had to say how institutionalised inequality is hidden behind formal equality and ppl who have more money and power will always try and exploit this if they have commited a crime


something like that.. i reckon ill get 4/5

BUT YAYA its all over pppl!!!!

 

[chiken_lips]

For this qn, i thout a good example was Rene Rivkin and how he thout he could get away with insider trading becos he was a man of great power and infuence in the business industry. I said how he tried to be acquitted and called upon numerous doctors, and specialists saying that he had a brain tuma.. blah... anyways u just had to say how institutionalised inequality is hidden behind formal equality and ppl who have more money and power will always try and exploit this if they have commited a crime


something like that.. i reckon ill get 4/5

BUT YAYA its all over pppl!!!!

You must go to Barker - coz i used that example too! Yay!

 

[SKA]

i guessed the whole short answer bit so yeh.. i guess ska is gonna get 0/10 for that section

 

[roadcone]

i'm think the question may have referred to like the idea that although there is legislation that protects the rights / human rights of people in society, these laws do not always work like 100%. for example in like women the sex discrimination act and hreoc act both say that like discriminating against women is wrong but the way in which the legislation is written does not allow for adequate punishment for those who offend the act to by punished by, therefore making like the inequality exist in the law.. im not really sure tho im only in year 11, but that was my thought when i saw the question

 

[dynamic22]

This is how we were taught what institutionalised inequality is.

A poor person with no job etc and a person very well off commits the same crime ie speeding, they both get fined the same amount say $5000 or whatever.
To the rich person it's like pocket change and doesnt affect them very much however for the poor person it is a harsher punishment and greatly affects them. The law is consistant but in cases were institutionalised inequality arises it's not always fair and just for the parties involved!!!

I thought the test was a bit different from previous ones but I was really happy with it. The M.C was a bit hard other than that i think it was pretty good.

that is EXACTLY how our teachered explained it....poor person n wealthy person both recieve a speeding fine worth $5000

wow...must of been in a text book or something....

 

[wallid]

what if u defined just law, dan spoke about ATSI's - over policing etc etc

would dat be alright