Normality During Trujillo's Regime In The Dominican Republic

Many people, including, legal scholars and philosophers of law have an idea of law as being a system of norms. A system, which includes rights and imposes duties. Some people may also believe that these standards are reasons for everyday actions. The way people behave may reflect the immense impact these norms have on individuals. Legal obligation plays a significant role towards our interpretation of legal normativity since both are interrelated. For instance, it is not common to see people killing each other on a daily basis because there is a law that prohibits the action of killing. Therefore, in some way or another “normal” people feel obligated to obey the law either because of the consequences or because of moral sentiments. Culture
What appears normal for one generation may seem totally deviant to others. If this is the case, then who gets to define normality? How can different generations agree on what is normal? It is problematic to concede into an absolute definition of what is normal since different generations have experienced different things. For example, during Trujillo’s regime in the Dominican Republic, the common law and what appeared “normal” for women was to not go to college and if they attended, not to study law. If legal authorities apply the same method in present day's Dominican Republic, it will appear as a violation of women’s right to choose whether they want to go to college or to study law. But, still who gets to define normality? For the generations that lived during Trujillo’s regime, this was the normal atmosphere. My great-grandfather, who lived during that time, is still attached to Trujillo’s ideologies and on several occasions has said that during Trujillo’s regime everything was perfect. For me, this is outrageous not being able to decide what to study or do with my life. How can a legal system comply with different generations that see things
If a rule says “all girls must wear skirts in school,” which is the case for most public schools in the Dominican Republic, then the interpretation of this rule will be difficult for the majority of people. First of all, the rule does not specify what kind of skirts. Are girls allowed to use short skirts or long skirts? Are they allowed to use beige, but not blue? In this case, someone like Hart would say that this is not a valid rule, and then he would proceed to give the advice of using the rule of recognition. According to Hart, The rule of recognition “will specify some feature or features possession of which by a suggested rule is taken as a conclusive affirmative indication that it is a rule of the group to be supported by the social pressure it exerts.” The Rule of Recognition helps people identify the law, and it also helps the legal authorities impose the law. In this case, the rule of recognition will help the legal authorities, the school district, to specify what kind of skirts girls should use in schools. The same method can be used to any particular law in any given legal system. The legal system with the help of this rule will identify the law towards what is intending to prohibit, and it will give motives to individuals to feel obligated to follow the law so that they can prevent the