Introduction to Private Law

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Course Outline

  1. Characteristics of Legal Rules
  2. Legal Constraint and Soft Law
  3. Law, Religion, Morality, and Norms
  4. Natural Law and Legal Positivism
  5. Functions and Values of Law
  6. Codification and Public-Private Law
  7. Courts and Judicial Organization
  8. Branches of Private Law
  9. Objective Law and the Constitution
  10. Constitutional Rights and Review
  11. International Treaties
  12. European Union Law

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1. A regulation applies to every licensed pharmacist but names no individual. Regarding its general and impersonal character:

2. Regarding the permanence of a legal rule:

3. A rule provides that qualifying conduct must be reported. What does this illustrate about a legal rule?

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What four cumulative characteristics does a legal rule have?

It is general, permanent, conditional, and prescriptive.

Why is a legal rule general, abstract, and impersonal?

It addresses an indefinite number of people without designating particular individuals.

What happens to a legal rule despite changes of government or Parliament?

It remains in force.

What can happen to a permanent legal rule?

It can be amended.

What does a legal rule state instead of describing what is?

What ought to be.

What is a legal sanction?

A consequence enforceable through state coercive power.

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