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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aren't laws themselves?

2. Who does the populace trust to determine the specificity of the laws?

3. What is in a sense general?

4. What is the first difficult thing about law?

5. Where don't laws apply?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the most serious attempt to analyze the concept of law according to Chapter 2?

2. Why is social pressure serious?

3. Who do the laws made by the Queen of England not apply to?

4. What are understood as norms?

5. What will happen if we examine the many types of law according to Chapter 3?

6. How do we speak of justice?

7. What did Hart focus on according to Chapter 4?

8. What is rare for individuals in modern societies?

9. What does Hart continue to illustrate?

10. What are secondary rules?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the objections to Austin's basic definition of law.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the minimum content view and why it does away with teleology.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the habit of obedience and how it is understood according to Hart's discussion.

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