Q12

[jonfarahi]

Can some please explain how answer choice C is wrong? In the third paragraph he speaks to the analyzation of individual casesto increase teh ability to understand the interrelations among laws. He also continues speaking to the importance because most students intend to specialize....

Wouldn't it be clear that he is arguing for the greater importance of this skill as compared with certain others are are discussed earlier in the passage?

[maryadkins]

The author has devoted the first two paragraphs to arguing for why statutes should be taught in law school. The third paragraph adds another reason: synthesis. It actually starts with the words "another skill." Notice the author does NOT say a "more important skill" or anything that suggests that synthesis is more important than "the ability to interpret" discussed in paragraph two (lines 24 - 25). The author is piling on reasons for a certain mode of teaching, not pitting those reasons against each other. This is why (C) is wrong and (A) is correct.

(B) is more a description of the first paragraph if anything.
(D) gets it backwards—the author is suggesting that the study of statutory law improves this skill, not the other way around.
(E) is off because the paragraph isn't about providing an example of a problem but about providing an example of a benefit.