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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 is related to law according to Hart?

2. What implies that a rule exists?

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

4. When does the concept of nullity arise?

5. What do Hart distinguish between in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the doctrine of sovereignty often hold?

2. Where is the sovereignty conception of law held to be true?

3. What is rare for individuals in modern societies?

4. What is law?

5. What did secondary rules confer?

6. What happens to laws?

7. What are secondary rules?

8. Why is social pressure serious?

9. What are the first two questions that combine into the question of what law is?

10. What requires a critical reflective attitude?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss what moral rules are and the four qualities that a moral law must possess.

Essay Topic 2

Compare Dworkin's view with the views of Hart based on the Postscript.

Essay Topic 3

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

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