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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 many categories do objections fall into?

2. What do rules requires a critical reflective attitude about?

3. Who make laws?

4. What is law not understood as, according to the author of Province of Jurisprudence Determined?

5. How do people obey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can the definition of law help provide?

2. What happens to laws?

3. What is the habit of obedience understood to apply to?

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

5. What is rare for individuals in modern societies?

6. What did Hart want to explain?

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

8. What does the criminal law specify?

9. What does Hart continue to illustrate?

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

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

Discuss the objections to Austin's basic definition of law.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss judicial practice and the infallibility and finality of judicial decisions.

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