Evolution and Characteristics of Legal Systems

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Which legal system requires authorization from sovereigns to exercise power?

  • The EU
  • Non-Sovereign Legal Systems (correct)
  • Government Agencies
  • Sovereign Legal Systems

What is the role of the State as a legal system?

  • Concentrated
  • Territorial
  • Sovereign (correct)
  • General

What is the external dimension of sovereignty for sovereign states?

  • Sovereignty based on the idea of the Nation
  • Will of the people that grants power to the State
  • Equal rights and recognition of superior authority (correct)
  • Supreme authority over subjects

What theories attempt to justify the supreme authority of the State?

<p>Social contract theories (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In contemporary Constitutions, how is sovereignty exercised by the people?

<p>Through institutions and direct democracy (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a constitutive element of legal systems?

<p>Rules punishing all behaviors (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the lecture, which theorist emphasized the formal element in legal systems?

<p>Hans Kelsen (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of a fluid legal system with no central authority?

<p>International Law (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of legal system is mostly non-territorial and entered into out of common will, interest, need, or belief?

<p>Political parties (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of legal system governs only specific sets of relations?

<p>The Church (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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