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Which of the following statements are true? I. According to Hart, legal rules are categorised as…

Both statements describe Hart's account of a legal system. Primary rules impose duties, such as requiring or forbidding particular conduct; secondary rules confer powers to…

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Which of the following statements are true?

I. According to Hart, legal rules are categorised as primary and secondary rules

II. According to Hart, a legal system is constituted by the union of primary rules creating duties and secondary rules creating powers

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Both statements describe Hart's account of a legal system. Primary rules impose duties, such as requiring or forbidding particular conduct; secondary rules confer powers to identify, change and adjudicate those rules. Their union explains how a legal system can regulate behaviour while also providing institutions and procedures for making and applying law.

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