The basic features of law include:
a. the illegitimate use of physical coercion.
b. allocating official authority to privileged people who are able to use coercion legitimately.
c. the total inability to predict the outcome of disputes because each situation is unique.
d. the use of both formal and informal means of social control.
e. a high incidence of capriciousness and unpredictability.
Question 2
When someone must plunge his or her hand into boiling water to divine whether he or she is innocent or guilty, it is called a(n):
a. oath.
b. ordeal.
c. crime.
d. invocation.
e. rite of passage.
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