Legal Philosophy - Exam #1
According to Leslie Green, the "garbled versions of Hart's message have three
sources".
Correct! - ANS-True
Law is but one of the countless questions concerning human society that have been
asked with persistence and answered by serious thinkers. - ANS-False
Laws and legal systems ARE matters of nature and artifice. - ANS-False
It was very difficult for Englishmen to discern what types of laws should be obeyed. -
ANS-False
The most prominent general feature of law at all times is that its existence means that
certain kinds of human conduct are no longer optional, but in some cases obligatory. -
ANS-True
That there are moral sounding terms in constitutions, suggests that there are in fact
moral tests for law. - ANS-False
It is obvious that predictability of punishment is one important aspect of legal rules. -
ANS-True
It is clear that H.L.A. Hart implies that law is morally biased and has great justificatory
aims. - ANS-False
Definition, as the word suggests, is primarily a matter of drawing lines or distinguishing
between one kind of thing or another, which language marks off by a separate word. -
ANS-True
Ronald Dworkin writes that jurisprudence matters because "it matters how judges
decide cases". - ANS-True
, "The clearest and most thorough attempt to analyse the concept of law in terms of the
apparently simple elements of commands and habits, was made by Austin in Province
of Jurisprudence Determined." - ANS-True
The "imperative mood" is a special linguistic form that focuses on using subliminal
persuasion to to encourage another person to obey or take action in a directed manner.
- ANS-False
Coercive orders are considered illegal and therefore do not include orders from an
official to an individual requiring compliance. - ANS-False
In the absence of special rules to the contrary, laws are validly made even if those
affected are left left to find out for themselves what laws have been made and who they
affect. - ANS-True
The example of "The Queen In Parliament" refers to a multi-layered system in England
in which one cannot distinguish any type of hierarchy of supreme and subordinate
elements. - ANS-False
The passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was secured by the
influence of a handwritten letter to Tennessee State Representative Harry Burn by his
mother Febb Ensminger Burn. - ANS-True
In many different situations in social life one person may express a wish that another
person should do or abstain from doing something. - ANS-True
The legal system of a modern state is characterized by a certain kind of equality and
influences from outside of its territory. - ANS-False
Law and Justice are two interconnected guarantees and principles that require the
application of both in all circumstances of Legal Philosophy. - ANS-False
Orders backed by threat and coercive orders are both supported by the implication of
threats. - ANS-True
Law is a rule and measure of acts, whereby man is induced to act or is restrained from
action. - ANS-True
According to Leslie Green, the "garbled versions of Hart's message have three
sources".
Correct! - ANS-True
Law is but one of the countless questions concerning human society that have been
asked with persistence and answered by serious thinkers. - ANS-False
Laws and legal systems ARE matters of nature and artifice. - ANS-False
It was very difficult for Englishmen to discern what types of laws should be obeyed. -
ANS-False
The most prominent general feature of law at all times is that its existence means that
certain kinds of human conduct are no longer optional, but in some cases obligatory. -
ANS-True
That there are moral sounding terms in constitutions, suggests that there are in fact
moral tests for law. - ANS-False
It is obvious that predictability of punishment is one important aspect of legal rules. -
ANS-True
It is clear that H.L.A. Hart implies that law is morally biased and has great justificatory
aims. - ANS-False
Definition, as the word suggests, is primarily a matter of drawing lines or distinguishing
between one kind of thing or another, which language marks off by a separate word. -
ANS-True
Ronald Dworkin writes that jurisprudence matters because "it matters how judges
decide cases". - ANS-True
, "The clearest and most thorough attempt to analyse the concept of law in terms of the
apparently simple elements of commands and habits, was made by Austin in Province
of Jurisprudence Determined." - ANS-True
The "imperative mood" is a special linguistic form that focuses on using subliminal
persuasion to to encourage another person to obey or take action in a directed manner.
- ANS-False
Coercive orders are considered illegal and therefore do not include orders from an
official to an individual requiring compliance. - ANS-False
In the absence of special rules to the contrary, laws are validly made even if those
affected are left left to find out for themselves what laws have been made and who they
affect. - ANS-True
The example of "The Queen In Parliament" refers to a multi-layered system in England
in which one cannot distinguish any type of hierarchy of supreme and subordinate
elements. - ANS-False
The passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was secured by the
influence of a handwritten letter to Tennessee State Representative Harry Burn by his
mother Febb Ensminger Burn. - ANS-True
In many different situations in social life one person may express a wish that another
person should do or abstain from doing something. - ANS-True
The legal system of a modern state is characterized by a certain kind of equality and
influences from outside of its territory. - ANS-False
Law and Justice are two interconnected guarantees and principles that require the
application of both in all circumstances of Legal Philosophy. - ANS-False
Orders backed by threat and coercive orders are both supported by the implication of
threats. - ANS-True
Law is a rule and measure of acts, whereby man is induced to act or is restrained from
action. - ANS-True
