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

2. What do constitutions specify?
(a) Who can change the law and why.
(b) The basic laws of the land.
(c) Who is in allow to take power.
(d) The domains over which sovereign power may exercised.

3. When does the concept of nullity arise?
(a) When a judge cannot reach a decision.
(b) When one of the conditions for power is unfulfilled.
(c) When a law cannot be interpreted.
(d) When none of the conditions of power is fulfilled.

4. Who denies there are true laws against murder?
(a) Kartosen.
(b) Kristiansen.
(c) Roberts.
(d) Kelsen.

5. Which status is the closest to the Austin/coercive order model?
(a) Penal status.
(b) Primary status.
(c) Secondary status.
(d) Civil statutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a book of statutes not necessarily?

2. What is rare for an individual to do in modern society?

3. What is the first difficult thing about law?

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

5. What do the laws of judicial practice not define?

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