Rule of law

Jarvis 2021-11-11 08:01:15

"Eagle Eye" should be the most standard Hollywood commercial blockbuster, the movie is exciting and beautiful. But there are also many people who say that the basic logic of the movie is problematic. The Hawkeye system can solve the president by simply creating an accident. Why is it so troublesome to make a big circle? In fact, this so-called logical problem just shows that there is no problem with the logic of the movie, and raising this question just proves the lack of understanding of the American legal system. The Hawkeye system is a computer system based on the U.S. Constitution and aimed at the collective interests of all U.S. citizens. One of the foundations of American law is procedural justice. Procedural justice means that the judgment process of a case must be fair and reasonable, in line with legal procedures, and no one shall be deprived of life, freedom, or property without completely following the proper legal procedures.

First of all, I will talk about a story from the United States, so that everyone has an intuitive understanding of procedural justice. Here's how it happened: Judge Ruben Hill of the Indiana High Court pronounced that because the state’s newly established Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department did not take the oath of office as required, the police of the department had no right to arrest anyone. , The arrest of a drunk driver by the police of the bureau recently was invalid. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was formed after the merger of the Indianapolis City Police Department and the Marion County Police Department. Since the police officers of these two bureaus had sworn oaths in their original units, the superiors believed that there was no need to take the oath of office again after the establishment of the new police station. But Judge Hill pointed out in the verdict that this approach was wrong, because "Indiana state law stipulates that the police must be sworn in by the unit that hired him, otherwise they have no right to enforce the state's laws." The above incident is definitely a model of procedural justice. Such things are absolutely incredible in China. However, it is in such incidents that we can see that Americans (or American laws) attach importance to and strictly abide by procedural justice.

According to the Chinese concept, it is only natural for officers and soldiers to catch thieves, not to mention the presentation of their credentials, even a uniform can serve as a basis for law enforcement. On the one hand, the Chinese are born blind and lack the awareness of using the law to protect themselves; on the other hand, they are born as slaves who are godly and trembling with respect to the so-called king's law. To put it bluntly, the law has never been a part of the lives of Chinese people. Most Chinese people’s understanding of the law is still in the feudal era. The dependence on and compliance with the king's law makes most Chinese people do not know that the law has a basis of procedural justice. And common sense; and replacing procedural justice with so-called secular justice has become the basic moral view of the Chinese. The so-called public anger affecting the law has become a normal state in China, and the evil consequences of the Chinese people’s despising legal procedural justice are everywhere. It can be seen that almost all the people are victims of this evil result. However, even under such circumstances, the procedural justice of the law is often overwhelmed by some so-called dunyal justice spit. In China, many people do not care about the procedural justice. In their opinion, as long as there is duny The justice of justice is enough, and this misunderstanding is the root of many tragedies in China. When procedural justice has been underestimated countless times, and the justice of the so-called secular justice cannot be reflected, it has become the best excuse for the cruel behavior of the mob. Therefore, the mob and collective unconsciousness caused by the lack of legal procedural justice have become a kind of haunting. The Chinese characteristics that have been used for decades have made people sigh and sigh. (This article is mostly reposted on the Internet)

Procedural justice emphasizes the due process of law rather than the justice of the result. It also illustrates the key to procedural justice: We would rather let a bad person go, but we will never wrong a good person. . Many years ago, we did not understand the outcome of the trial of the Simpson incident. If Simpson was found guilty in China, it would be a certainty. On the surface, procedural justice may allow individual criminals to take advantage of the loopholes, or even get away with it, but we must not improperly punish many innocent people for "pursuing substantive justice." In fact, the most essential difference is the choice of rule of law instead of rule of man. If there is no procedural justice, there is no substantive justice. A society that despises procedural justice will eventually be a disorderly and terrible world. If procedural justice is always neglected intentionally or unintentionally, the ultimate damage can only be social justice. In a truly civilized society under the rule of law, procedural justice is indispensable. At all levels of society, sound and scientific procedures are needed to ensure social fairness and justice.

Having said so much, perhaps now everyone finally understands why the screenwriter has such an arrangement, and understands that everything the Hawkeye system does is understandable, but it is actually just a normal reflection of a dead-headed machine that strictly abides by American laws. That's it.

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  • Kamille 2021-11-11 08:01:15

    It is undoubtedly an excellent entertainment blockbuster, except for one thing: the resurrection of Shia LaBeof at the end makes the audience's emotions quite embarrassing.

  • Everett 2022-03-23 09:01:34

    Yes~ One day we can't get a computer, I can't get a computer now

Eagle Eye quotes

  • A.R.I.A.: Accelerate. Turn right, 200 feet. You have pursuers.

    Rachel Holloman: Yeah, no shit! Who are you?

    A.R.I.A.: No questions.

  • [while being chased through city streets by police cars]

    Rachel Holloman: So you don't know anything about Sam?

    Jerry Shaw: What, you mean your son? No, I know nothing. Just like you don't know how to drive! Use the clutch before you shift, not while you shift!

    Rachel Holloman: I don't need driving lessons from you, asshole!

    Jerry Shaw: What, you drive like this and I'm the asshole?