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WorksheetsLaw-Making and Formal Sources
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which statement best distinguishes a public normative contract from a private contract as described in the diagram?
It establishes general behavioral rules ratified by public authority
It binds only the contracting parties to specific duties
It is formed orally without legal subjects or authority
It applies exclusively to international courts and tribunals
Which statement best describes the gap-filling function of legal principles when a statute is silent on a specific issue?
They require legislators to amend statutes immediately
They guide interpretation to resolve silence consistently
They authorize courts to invent new penalties broadly
They invalidate all norms lacking explicit provisions
Which feature do principles typically lack when compared with the clear structure of norms?
Hypothesis, disposition, sanction
Interpretive weight in conflicts
Ability to set behavioral limits
Role in organizing systems
If a norm conflicts with a principle, what is the appropriate treatment?
Apply both and average their effects
Apply the norm and ignore the principle
Do not apply or reinterpret the norm to align
Suspend the principle until the case ends
How are conflicts between principles resolved within a given context?
By converting principles into detailed norms
By prioritizing the stronger principle without negation
By repealing weaker principles permanently
By enforcing all principles simultaneously
Which statement about the persistence of a non-applied principle versus an inapplicable norm is accurate?
Both are removed from the legal system
An inapplicable norm always remains valid
A weaker principle remains part of the system
Principles may be removed, norms always persist
What is the organizational function of legal principles within a legal system?
Punishing non-compliance uniformly
Eliminating conflicting statutes automatically
Organizing content and application for coherence
Specifying sanctions for every violation
Which statement best captures how principles relate to behavioral freedom?
Principles determine sanctions for freedom abuses
Principles remove all behavioral constraints
Principles prescribe precise behaviors
Principles set limits on behavioral freedom
Which statement best captures a core idea in modern natural law associated with Thomas Hobbes?
Justice arises from fulfilling agreements made
Moral law grounds rights like marriage duties
Legal norms derive solely from sovereign commands
Interpretation must follow timeless moral principles
Which statement best captures rule skepticism within legal realism as shown in the slide?
It defines law solely as a closed logical system
It treats legal norms as decisive constraints on judges
It claims law is identical with moral reasoning processes
It emphasizes judicial decision-making over fixed legal norms
