Introduction to Law: Meaning and Divisions
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What is the meaning of law in general?

  • Any system of uniformity that applies only to animate objects
  • Any rule of action that is promulgated and enforced by the state
  • Any rule of action or system of uniformity that determines not only activities of men but also movements of all objects or creation, animate or inanimate (correct)
  • Any rule of action that only determines activities of men
  • Which of the following is a general division of law?

  • Law inspired by divine revelation
  • Physical law that operates on all things, including men, without regard to their will power and intelligence
  • Law not promulgated and enforced by the state (correct)
  • Law enforced by the state only
  • To which subjects does divine law, natural law, and moral law apply?

  • All living beings including animals and plants
  • Divine law applies to spiritual matters, while natural and moral law apply to physical matters
  • Divine law applies to believers only, while natural and moral law apply to all men
  • Men as rational beings only (correct)
  • What is the source of divine law?

    <p>Revealed through direct revelation by religious leaders</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the binding force of natural law according to the text?

    <p>It is ever present and binding on all men at all times</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does physical law operate on according to the text?

    <p>On all things, including men, without regard to their use of will power and intelligence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the given text, what is the total of the norms of good and right conduct growing out of the collective sense of right and wrong of every community known as?

    <p>Moral law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the given text, what is considered to be the core of man's higher self at the very moment of being or before that?

    <p>Divine law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what evolved at an early stage of existence to determine what is right and wrong?

    <p>Way of life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used in the text for the laws promulgated and enforced by the state?

    <p>State law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used in the text for laws established for governing the relations of persons in society?

    <p>General sense law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which type of law is enforced by the state with the aid of its physical force, if necessary?

    <p>State law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is considered as purely moral law according to the given text?

    <p>'Totality of the norms of good and right conduct'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is divine law impressed in man as?

    <p>'Core of his higher self'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the given text, what are uniformities of actions and orders of sequence referred to as?

    <p>'Physical law'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of law does not concern itself with violations unless they also constitute violations of its commands according to the given text?

    <p>'State law'</p> Signup and view all the answers

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