The Legal Rule

Question 1

Characteristic of the Legal Rule

Answer 1

• General
• Abstract
• Formal
• Positive
• Legitimate
• Forcible
• Effective
• Prescriptive

Question 2

Why is the legal rule … GENERAL

Answer 2

It applies to an indefinite number of subjects

Question 3

Why is the legal rule… ABSTRACT

Answer 3

It applies to an indefinite number of situations

Question 4

Why is the legal rule … FORMAL

Answer 4

It must respect some requisites of form and must follow the procedures for its adoption and transparency as prescribed in another legal rule of an higher value.

Question 5

Why is the legal rule… POSITIVE

Answer 5

It is the expression of a given political decision, taken by specific bodies or institutions, for the satisfaction of the general interests in a given historical moment.

Question 6

Why is the legal rule… LEGITIMATE

Answer 6

It must be consistent with the limits and must be adopted by the competent authority as set in its legal source of legitimation of an higher value.

Question 7

What is a FORCIBLE legal rule?

Answer 7

The formal capacity of the legal rule to produce its legal effects.

Question 8

Why is an EFFECTIVE legal rule?

Answer 8

The practical capability of a legal rule to be legally enforced.

Question 9

Why is the legal rule… PRESCRIPTIVE

Answer 9

It prescribes to do or not to do a behavior, reconnecting consequences for failure.