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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Variety of Laws.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the law of torts specify the conditions of?
(a) Compensation for harms produced by the actions of a few people.
(b) Compensation for harms produced by the actions of others.
(c) Compensation for harms produced by the society as a whole.
(d) Compensation for harms produced by the one own actions.

2. Where do many laws originate from?
(a) Precedents.
(b) Religion.
(c) Morale.
(d) Custom.

3. What would we find if we were to examine many types of laws, according to Hart in chapter 3?
(a) Objections to Austin's basic definition of law.
(b) Difference in the letter of the law.
(c) Different laws based on morale.
(d) No difference in the spirit of the law.

4. What is the price of Uniformity?
(a) Distortion.
(b) Slowness.
(c) Speed.
(d) Unreliability.

5. Who do laws dictated by the queen of England not apply to, according to Hart?
(a) Soviet citizens.
(b) The Irish.
(c) French.
(d) The British.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the concept of law according to Hart?

2. How can laws of judicial practice and other like it be understood as?

3. What is the first step in figuring out what law is according to Hart?

4. What is the question Hart tries to answer in the book according to Chapter 1?

5. Who wrote Province of Jurisprudence Determined?

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