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

2. What do laws require exist?

3. What are habits?

4. How many categories do objections fall into?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do laws sometimes apply to?

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

3. What is rare for individuals in modern societies?

4. What happens to laws?

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

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

7. What did customary societies have?

8. What is law?

9. What do judges have powers to do?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Develop your own concept of law and determine what law needs to include.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the origins of laws.

Essay Topic 3

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

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