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== "Bleeding Heart: Reflections On Using the Law to Make Social Change" | == "Bleeding Heart: Reflections On Using the Law to Make Social Change" == | ||
Thesis: understanding the interrelationship between law and culture, and the use of law for social change | Thesis: understanding the interrelationship between law and culture, and the use of law for social change | ||
*Goals of legal advocates for gay rights: | *Goals of legal advocates for gay rights: | ||
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#Employing the law to make change is appropriate | #Employing the law to make change is appropriate | ||
=== | === The New Zealand Conundrum === | ||
*The 'conundrum': New Zealand is legally progressive with respect to queer protections, but is culturally conservative in this respect | *The 'conundrum': New Zealand is legally progressive with respect to queer protections, but is culturally conservative in this respect | ||
*social change and legal change do not always walk hand-in-hand | *social change and legal change do not always walk hand-in-hand | ||
**"one does not stimulate the other" | **"one does not stimulate the other" | ||
=== | === A Paradigm of Reform === | ||
*Goals of lawmaking | *Goals of lawmaking | ||
#To create new rights and remedies for victims | #To create new rights and remedies for victims | ||
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**the Act was the result of "passionate and informal national debate" among Americans that lasted a decade, and this debate is what gave the Act its "culture-shifting" power | **the Act was the result of "passionate and informal national debate" among Americans that lasted a decade, and this debate is what gave the Act its "culture-shifting" power | ||
**because the Act was passed by Congress it was received as more legitimate, giving it "rule-shifting" power | **because the Act was passed by Congress it was received as more legitimate, giving it "rule-shifting" power | ||