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What will be an ideal response?
The before the law consciousness is held by individuals who view the law with awe and respect and as an objective and respected set of institutions and rules. They turn to the law when they experience severe problems and often experience frustration at trying to accomplish something in the legal system. Individuals who possess the with the law legal consciousness view the law as a “game” with a set of rules that can be used and manipulated by skillful players to achieve concrete goals. The last type of legal consciousness is against the law. Individuals with this consciousness view themselves as caught in the complexity and power of the law and engage in what the authors call “acts of individual resistance” to avoid being controlled by the law.
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