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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. Who denies there are true laws against murder?

2. What are laws according to Hart?

3. What cannot laws be reduced to?

4. What could the definition of law provide a map for?

5. What could we rest with according to Hart?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did secondary rules confer?

3. What is rare for individuals in modern societies?

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

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

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

7. What have some philosophers analyzed?

8. What are primary rules according to Chapter 5?

9. What can the definition of law help provide?

10. What did Hart want to explain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of primary and secondary rules.

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