'law is in reality little more than the persuasive deployment of rhetorical devices and signifiers'

(Fraser, 2005)

With reference to one example of a law (I have chosen The Civil Rights Act) explain and critically evaluate the extent to which law is used to give effect to ideology.

To answer this question, you must:

• select one example of any type of law - historical or current - from any nation-state (except for the Third Reich) and analyse it to assess the extent to which it gives effect to ideology
• based on your analysis, and drawing on your studies of W340 and other research you undertake, critically evaluate whether there is a relationship between law and ideology.