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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 rare for an individual to do in modern society?

2. How are laws obeyed?

3. What do Hart say of making sense of authority in term of sovereign people?

4. How would a man keep law from applying to him, according to Austin?

5. What does the second type of rule do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do judges have powers to do?

2. What is rare for individuals in modern societies?

3. What does Hart continue to illustrate?

4. What have some philosophers analyzed?

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

6. What do laws sometimes apply to?

7. Who do the laws made by the Queen of England not apply to?

8. What do laws require?

9. What did secondary rules confer?

10. What can the definition of law help provide?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the six connections between law and morality and why they are often confused.

Essay Topic 3

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

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