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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Sovereign and Subject.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do making laws differ from?
(a) Regulating lives.
(b) Regulating behaviors.
(c) Converting customs.
(d) Giving orders to individuals.

2. Who makes the law created by past regimes binding, according to some philosophers?
(a) The police force.
(b) The current authority.
(c) The force of habit.
(d) Custom.

3. What is related to law according to Hart?
(a) Morality.
(b) Society.
(c) Customs.
(d) People.

4. Who does the populace trust to determine the specificity of the laws?
(a) Police.
(b) Congress.
(c) Vigilanties.
(d) Certain bodies such as courts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do criminal laws specifies must be followed?

2. Where don't laws apply?

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

4. What does attempting a single definition do to the fundamental elements of the law?

5. Who denies there are true laws against murder?

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