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What is the main idea of the text?
What is the main idea of the text?
- Shared criteria to evaluate behavior are the most important element of a legal system.
- Legal systems are a social phenomenon that emerges when people decide to group together to pursue certain aims. (correct)
- Traditional power is the most common form of political power according to Max Weber's classification.
- Authority within a group has the power to enforce rules and ensure the legitimate exercise of power.
What are the constitutive elements of a legal system?
What are the constitutive elements of a legal system?
- Authority within the group, favourable legal situations, and unfavourable ones.
- Shared criteria to evaluate behavior, legal-rational power, and means of coercion to ensure the legitimate exercise of power.
- Plurality of individuals, rules making some behaviors illicit and rewarding others, and a centre of authority. (correct)
- Plurality of individuals, charismatic power, and shared criteria to evaluate behavior.
What does Max Weber's classification identify as forms of political power?
What does Max Weber's classification identify as forms of political power?
- Traditional power only
- Charismatic power only
- Legal-rational power only
- Traditional power, charismatic power, or legal-rational power (correct)
What is the function of an authority within a group in the context of a legal system?
What is the function of an authority within a group in the context of a legal system?
What emerges when individuals coexist and form relationships within a social group?
What emerges when individuals coexist and form relationships within a social group?
What is one of the means of coercion that authority has to ensure the legitimate exercise of power?
What is one of the means of coercion that authority has to ensure the legitimate exercise of power?
According to the Normativist theory, what is the 'basic norm' that all legal systems comply with?
According to the Normativist theory, what is the 'basic norm' that all legal systems comply with?
Who is associated with the Institutionalist theory that emphasizes sociological elements of legal systems?
Who is associated with the Institutionalist theory that emphasizes sociological elements of legal systems?
What type of legal system has no strong central authority and is non-territorial, as per the classification based on the connection that individuals have with respect to a certain legal system?
What type of legal system has no strong central authority and is non-territorial, as per the classification based on the connection that individuals have with respect to a certain legal system?
Which type of legal system governs only specific sets of relations, such as the WTO or The Church?
Which type of legal system governs only specific sets of relations, such as the WTO or The Church?
What type of legal system pursues general aims and aspires to govern all spheres of life?
What type of legal system pursues general aims and aspires to govern all spheres of life?
What kind of affiliation tie do members of a Territorial legal system have with the geographical territory, according to the text?
What kind of affiliation tie do members of a Territorial legal system have with the geographical territory, according to the text?
Which type of legal system arises on its own and does not originate from other prior legal systems?
Which type of legal system arises on its own and does not originate from other prior legal systems?
What type of authority is exercised by regions, local councils, government agencies, and also the European Union, as mentioned in the text?
What type of authority is exercised by regions, local councils, government agencies, and also the European Union, as mentioned in the text?
What was the initial nature of the European Union's legal system before it broadened its scope, as per the text?
What was the initial nature of the European Union's legal system before it broadened its scope, as per the text?
What type of relationship does a Non-Territorial legal system have with the geographical territory?
What type of relationship does a Non-Territorial legal system have with the geographical territory?
