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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. How does Hart qualifies most statements made about law by great minds?

2. What would breaking the rule do to society?

3. What do laws modify in many cases?

4. When does the concept of nullity arise?

5. That do the nullity as sanction view try to produce?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are customs given?

4. What did customary societies have?

5. What do laws require?

6. Why is the concept of law hard, according to Chapter 1?

7. What did Hart want to advance?

8. What does the doctrine of sovereignty often hold?

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

10. Why is social pressure serious?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one question raised by Hart's theory, examine its significance, and come to a conclusion regarding the question.

Essay Topic 2

Examine H.L.A. Hart's definition of the concept of law, and discuss the three questions that combine into the question of what law is.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the origins of laws.

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