1. THE MYTH OF MODERN LAW “ LADY JUSTICE” – JUSTICIA, THE ROMAN GODDESS OF JUSTICE.

11. IN MODERN LAW’S REPRESSION AND DENIAL OF ITS MYTHIC CHARACTERISTICS, MONSTERS FROM THE PAST-- --RE-EMERGE IN DIFFERENT FORMS IN THE PRESENT

12. AS SALLY ENGLE MERRY BROUGHT OUT IN HER “INTRODUCTION” TO COLONIZING HAWAI’I , COLONIZED PEOPLES USED THE IMPOSED MODERN, WESTERN LEGAL SYSTEM FOR RESISTANCE , SUCH AS IN ASSERTING THEIR RIGHTS. IN AUSTRALIA, ABORIGINES TURNED TO MODERN WESTERN LAW TO ESTABLISH THEIR RIGHTS TO ANCESTRAL LANDS. LEGAL INCOMMENSURABILITY OCCURRED WHEN THEY COULD NOT PRODUCE DOCUMENTS, BUT INSTEAD TESTIFIED THAT THE LAND WAS THEIRS BECAUSE—FOR EXAMPLE---THE SPIRIT OF THEIR CLAN’S EUCALYPTUS TREE TOLD THEIR ANCESTOR IT WAS, AND THIS STORY HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN ORALLY FOR MANY GENERATIONS. COURT PROCEEDINGS WOULD THEN BREAK DOWN. AN EXAMPLE OF A LEGAL SYSTEM IN DENIAL OF ITS OWN MYTHIC FOUNDATION MARGINALIZING WHAT IT JUDGESTO BE THE “MYTH-RIDDEN OTHER.”

16. THE WESTERN GENRE MYTHICALLY LEGITIMATES IMPERIALISM, MANIFEST DESTINY, AMERICAN INDIVIDUALISM, AND RACISM. IT ALSO PERPETUATES THE MYTH THAT THE WEST WAS A “WILDERNESS” BEFORE ANGLO-AMERICANS SETTLED IT.

17. MUSICALS AND ROMANTIC COMEDIES SUPPORT HETERONORMATIVE SOCIAL VALUES.

18. THE “HARD BOILED” DETECTIVE DRAMA IS A MYTH OF CRIME AND JUSTICE THAT SUPPORTS AMERICAN INDIVIDUALISM AND THE “RULE OF LAW.” THE AUTONOMOUS PRIVATE DETECTIVE GENERALLY HAS CONFLICT WITH POLICE BUREAUCRATS WHILE SOLVING A CRIME. BUT HE IS A MAN OF LOYALTY AND PRINCIPLES. IN THE END HE UNRAVELS THE MYSTERY, APPREHENDS THE CRIMINALS, AND HANDS THEM OVER TO THE AUTHORITIES.