CHAPTER 1 – WHAT IS LAW

1. Describe the basic structure(s) of legal rules

2. What is one way to differentiate morality from ethics?
3. Is a lie ever justified in your opinion? Include in your answer the correct use of the words
deontological and instrumentalist.
4. Compare corrective justice with retributive justice, including the areas of law to which they
most clearly apply.
5. Briefly describe the relationship between the law and religion.
6. Describe natural law in your own words.
7. Describe legal realism in your own words.
8. What is the rule of law and what are some of its basic principles?
9. What is the difference between substantive law and procedural law
10. Briefly describe the plain-language movement and its application to legal terminology today.

Describe the basic structure(s) of legal rules

What is one way to differentiate morality from ethics?

Is a lie ever justified in your opinion? Include in your answer the correct use of the words
deontological and instrumentalist.

Compare corrective justice with retributive justice, including the areas of law to which they most
clearly apply.

Briefly describe the relationship between the law and religion.

Describe natural law in your own words.

Describe legal realism in your own words.

What is the rule of law and what are some of its basic principles?

What is the difference between substantive law and procedural law

Briefly describe the plain-language movement and its application to legal terminology today.