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What is the role of institutions in society - do they perform positive functions, or simply work in the interests of the powerful and against the powerless? (a related question here is why do our life chances vary by class, gender and ethnicity)

Every day at coat tech, bill sands down cars and then brian removes the dust. next, loni sprays primer on them, and katie sprays paint and a topcoat on them. finally, lyle dries the cars and polishes them. each person is the best team member at performing the job he or she does. coat tech’s workers have interdependence.

Karin bought illegal firearms at a gun show. at her trial, she alleged that she had committed this crime because her boyfriend had threatened to harm her and her two daughters if she did not. her lawyer asked the judge to instruct the jury that the prosecution had an obligation to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that karin had acted freely. instead, the judge told the jury that karin had the burden of proving duress by a preponderance of the evidence. who is correct?