Chapter 8 Self-test questions

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. Which statement below is the least likely to follow logically from Savigny's notion of a Volksgeist?

A society's law is a reflection of its culture. correct incorrect

Law is like language. correct incorrect

Law is the deliberate expression of a sovereign's will. correct incorrect

Law is an integral element of the social fabric. correct incorrect

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. Maine's famous aphorism that 'the movement of progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract' is often misunderstood. In what way?

It is misinterpreted as a prediction. correct incorrect

His concept of status is misrepresented. correct incorrect

It is taken literally. correct incorrect

His idea is considered inapplicable to Western legal systems. correct incorrect

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. According to Malinowski, the Trobriand Islanders organized their society around what concept?

Conflict. correct incorrect

Love. correct incorrect

War. correct incorrect

Reciprocity. correct incorrect

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. Leopold Pospisil identifies four elements manifested by law: authority, universality, 'obligatio' - and fourthly?

Dispute. correct incorrect

Sanction. correct incorrect

Order. correct incorrect

Hierarchy. correct incorrect