#16 - Global Reference, Must Be True

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (C).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice.

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E):

This explanation is still in progress. Please post any questions below!

[AnnTravis46]

I was between C and E because I can find solid evidence to support both but I chose E because the whole 2nd paragraph addresses Jackson's (aka traditional bankruptcy laws) flaws. How can I rule out E?

[Adam Tyson]

I see two problems with answer E, AnnTravis46, and one is easy to miss. That answer is about regimes that place a "high" priority on the orderly discharge of debts. The traditional approach, to which Jackson adheres, places the "highest" priority on orderly discharge, but that doesn't mean that the modern approach doesn't make that a "high" priority too! Just because it isn't highest doesn't mean it isn't high! We see that sort of flaw in LR sometimes, treating a relative claim as if it proves an absolute claim, or vice versa. Tricky, but important!

Another reason I dislike that answer is because while we see complaints about the traditional approach, they are not focused on "efficiency," whatever that means in this context. It's more like "fairness" or "comprehensiveness" that is at the core of the complaints in that paragraph. If you wanted to answer that question, you would need to list specific inefficiencies. I'm looking and looking, and I can't find such a list! I see problems, but not anything that I would clearly say is a particular "inefficiency."

But I do see a clear answer to the question posed in answer choice C, and can quote it directly (the last two sentences in Paragraph 1), proving it is a better answer than E.