Application and Sources of Law

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Course Outline

  1. Definitions and Functions of Law
  2. Normative and Legal Systems
  3. Foundations and Purposes of Law
  4. Characteristics of the Legal Rule
  5. Legal Reasoning and Access
  6. Legal Publications and Classifications
  7. Private and Public Law
  8. Branches of Private and Public Law
  9. Mixed Areas of Law
  10. Formal Sources and Legal Hierarchy
  11. Entry Into Force and Abrogation
  12. Temporal and Spatial Application
  13. Unwritten Direct Sources
  14. Interpretive Sources of Law
  15. Subjective and Patrimonial Rights
  16. Persons and Obligations
  17. Extra-Patrimonial Rights
  18. Legal Acts and Their Formation

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1. What is objective law?

2. What are subjective rights?

3. How are objective law and subjective rights related?

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What is objective law?

The set of legal rules organizing social life enforced by public order authority.

What are subjective rights?

Prerogatives recognized by objective law that subjects may exercise in relations.

How do objective law and subjective rights relate?

Objective law authorizes subjective rights, making them complementary concepts.

What is positive law?

The set of rules in force in a State at a given time.

What does the normative stock include?

Legislative articles and texts composing law in force.

How many articles and directives did the normative stock exceed?

Over 35,000 articles and 2,000 directives.

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