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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 standard do we have by which to judge the law?

2. What cannot be given for everything?

3. What do people often equate to legal system?

4. What is the risk of making someone authoritative?

5. Who would have different view of justice ?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does sovereignty denote?

2. What were the boundaries left up to?

3. What will always conflict?

4. What does justice demand the promotion of?

5. What was not enough?

6. What does legal positivism hold according to Chapter 9?

7. What are the six connections between law and morality?

8. What does legislation tend to focus on according to Chapter 7?

9. What does Chapter 8 inquire into the relationship between?

10. What are the two parts of justice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of primary and secondary rules.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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