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Law is not a homogeneous body of rules. In fact, it consists of many “fields of law” that sometimes exhibit large differences. This section deals with the fields of law in a general way. In particular, it focuses upon two major divisions within the law, namely the divisions between public and private laws and between substantive and procedural laws. Moreover, it discusses a number of basic legal concepts such as “rule”, “legal subject”, “juridical act”, “right”, and “competence”.
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Hage, J. (2014). Basic Concepts of Law. In: Hage, J., Akkermans, B. (eds) Introduction to Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06910-4_3
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