16 Questions
What is the main idea of the text?
Legal systems are a social phenomenon that emerges when people decide to group together to pursue certain aims.
What are the constitutive elements of a legal system?
Plurality of individuals, rules making some behaviors illicit and rewarding others, and a centre of authority.
What does Max Weber's classification identify as forms of political power?
Traditional power, charismatic power, or legal-rational power
What is the function of an authority within a group in the context of a legal system?
To enforce rules and ensure the legitimate exercise of power
What emerges when individuals coexist and form relationships within a social group?
Favorable legal situations arise
What is one of the means of coercion that authority has to ensure the legitimate exercise of power?
Attaching less favorable consequences to group members' behavior
According to the Normativist theory, what is the 'basic norm' that all legal systems comply with?
Constitution
Who is associated with the Institutionalist theory that emphasizes sociological elements of legal systems?
Santi Romano
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?
International Law
Which type of legal system governs only specific sets of relations, such as the WTO or The Church?
Specialist legal system
What type of legal system pursues general aims and aspires to govern all spheres of life?
General legal system
What kind of affiliation tie do members of a Territorial legal system have with the geographical territory, according to the text?
Inseparable tie
Which type of legal system arises on its own and does not originate from other prior legal systems?
Independent legal system
What type of authority is exercised by regions, local councils, government agencies, and also the European Union, as mentioned in the text?
Non-Sovereign authority
What was the initial nature of the European Union's legal system before it broadened its scope, as per the text?
Economic Alliance
What type of relationship does a Non-Territorial legal system have with the geographical territory?
No relationship
Explore the characteristics of the state and its relationship to legal systems in this module. Understand how legal systems are a social phenomenon emerging from human cohabitation and the enforcement of rules within a social group.
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