These laws are aimed at protecting the individuals from
questioning on sensitive and confidential information that infringes on their
privacy and that would be embarrassing. It is not appropriate to seek sensitive
information unless it is legally appropriate
Shield laws refer to a legislation that protects individuals from disclosing certain information in court, <span>unless the information is essential to disclose for a case's proceedings. Shield laws can </span><span>protect women from being questioned about their s*xual history, particularly when they are r*pe victims. This is because discussing the nature and details of a r*pe assault would obviously be very distressful and difficult for a victim. </span>
It’s important to know how things worked before, so then if we know how they work, we could change it or leave it the way it is. Sometimes what worked back then doesn’t work now.
