Focus for MCQ: Irish legal system
What is law? - correct answer-3 features according to Raz:
1. It's normative- guide for human behaviour
2. It's institutionalised- regulated by institutions
3. It's coercive- guaranteed by use of force
What are the different purposes of law? - correct answer--Aims to govern
human behaviour in order to ensure the efficient running of society and to
protect citizens
-Legal systems enforce rules and normative behaviour through punishments
or adjustments of rights
-Enforced in courts where sanctions can be imposed
What is the rule of law? - correct answer--Requires government to exercise its
power in accordance with well-established and clearly written rules,
regulations and legal principles
-Rights and obligations are in prescribed form and only alterable by manner
permitted by law.
What is substantive law? - correct answer-Specific rules or different legal
subjects that confer:
-Rights
-Powers
-Impose obligations
-Impose liabilities.
Eg: Contract Law, Tort Law
What is procedural law? - correct answer-Bodies of law/rules of law concerned
with the implementation of substantive law
-The mechanisms and processes by which law is enforced in court system.
Eg: Law of evidence, procedures in civil & criminal trials.
What is private law? - correct answer--Domestic law that affects relations
between individuals within the state
-Rights and obligations of individuals, assists citizens in private matter
disputes
What is law? - correct answer-3 features according to Raz:
1. It's normative- guide for human behaviour
2. It's institutionalised- regulated by institutions
3. It's coercive- guaranteed by use of force
What are the different purposes of law? - correct answer--Aims to govern
human behaviour in order to ensure the efficient running of society and to
protect citizens
-Legal systems enforce rules and normative behaviour through punishments
or adjustments of rights
-Enforced in courts where sanctions can be imposed
What is the rule of law? - correct answer--Requires government to exercise its
power in accordance with well-established and clearly written rules,
regulations and legal principles
-Rights and obligations are in prescribed form and only alterable by manner
permitted by law.
What is substantive law? - correct answer-Specific rules or different legal
subjects that confer:
-Rights
-Powers
-Impose obligations
-Impose liabilities.
Eg: Contract Law, Tort Law
What is procedural law? - correct answer-Bodies of law/rules of law concerned
with the implementation of substantive law
-The mechanisms and processes by which law is enforced in court system.
Eg: Law of evidence, procedures in civil & criminal trials.
What is private law? - correct answer--Domestic law that affects relations
between individuals within the state
-Rights and obligations of individuals, assists citizens in private matter
disputes
