CHAPTER 1
AN INTRODUCTION TO LAW AND JUSTICE
Essay Questions
1. How does a law differ from a norm?
2. Under what conditions does law emerge?
3. What are the four components that comprise law?
4. How does natural law differ from positive law?
5. What are the distinguishing elements of a rational law system?
6. Why is a system of rational law necessary for a capitalist economic system?
7. How does natural law serve to protect individual freedom?
8. What is the conflict between natural law and positive law?
9. How does natural law limit the power of the state?
10. What is the relationship between the social contract and natural law?
11. What is the relationship between judicial review and natural law?
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Law:
(a) emerges from social complexity
(b) requires coercion
(c) is a body of rules governing a social order
(d) all of the above*
(e) none of the above
2. Natural law:
(a) is found in the Constitution
(b) refers to inalienable rights
(c) limits the power of the state
(d) all of the above*
(e) none of the above
3. The social contract:
(a) is the result of political negotiations
(b) requires the use of equity
(c) is embodied in the Declaration of Independence
(d) all of the above
(e) none of the above*
4. Rational law:
(a) is essential to a capitalist system
(b) provides predictability
(c) involves the application of general norms
(d) all of the above*
(e) none of the above
5. Irrational law systems are characterized by:
(a) lack of predictability
(b) kadi justice
(c) case-by-case decision making
(d) all of the above*
(e) none of the above