Law in Contemporary Society

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The Power of Law: The Problems of the Freedom to Assemble

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 The recent growth of the student protests in Quebec is also illustrative. They attracted substantial numbers from the beginning, but their popularity and force outside of Montreal-based students spread in part because of a law passed by the legislature requiring advance notice to police of any protest of more than 50 people. Protestors’ fight against that law, seen as draconian by many, galvanized the greater population; that fact, combined with videos of protestors banging on pots and pans, allowed the protest’s message to gain steam.

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>		The passage of the anti-protest law in Quebec and the subsequent response to it show that law is a weak form of social control. It also shows that, while law can be used to quash protest, the opposite can also be true: Laws perceived to be unjust, combined with images that encapsulate that unjustness, can serve as a galvanizing force that makes a protest's message that much more effective.
 -- JaredMiller - 16 Feb 2012

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