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While traditional legal theorists argue that the primary purpose of a trial is the discovery of truth, some contemporary scholars suggest that the process serves a more symbolic function: the public reaffirmation of community values. These scholars point to the highly ritualized nature of courtroom proceedings as evidence that the social performance of the law is as significant as its factual outcome.
According to the passage, the contemporary scholars regard courtroom rituals as evidence for which one of the following?
- The ceremonial enactment of legal proceedings carries weight comparable to that of the verdict they produce.
- The factual outcomes reached at trial play no part at all in reaffirming a community's shared values.
- The pursuit of objective truth has wholly ceased to rank as an aim of the contemporary legal system.
- Traditional legal theorists have plainly misread the deeper significance of the rituals that pervade trials.
- Community values can be reaffirmed only through the symbolic rituals that customarily accompany a public trial.
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