Justice vs. the Law: Billy Budd to be hanged at dawn; Justice or the Law

[hospitalship1]

This scene is arguably next to the final hanging scene the most powerful in the entire movie. High school law teachers use this scene to teach the roles and purposes of the law generally: authority, power, rule of law, common man, the mob, legal dilemnas, universal guilt, innocence, etc...are all manifested in the scene. It is one of my favourite movie scenes as being extremely well written, acted and directed. Clealry wrongfully convicted persons would automatically empathisize with this.

[slessorpr]

'God Bless Captain DeVere!!'

[AnglosphereAlliance]

Sent you a friend invite mate ;)

[phillipgaley]

The case was Georgia v. Brailsford (1794); but, it is generally considered that, if you've matriculated though the local gov't school system, you shouldn't have independent impulses, but, accede to development or changes in law, as decided upon by your superiors. This show was just one of the things which in each generation is to serve the needs of societal shaping toward a class-structured European style of democracy—and now, few USA citizens know anything of the essential differences, . . .

[jbranstetter04]

@phillipgaley Because I went through the government school system, I have no idea what you just stated. Just a bunch of words to me.

[phillipgaley]

@jbranstetter04 My comment was in response to the "show more" (info) section, . . .

[MadBadVoodo]

★★★★★