Practice question · Put in order
A company plans around a legal reform. Order its correct reasoning.
- Check the norm’s own entry-into-force provision
- Find the publication date in the Gazette
- Classify each contract as old-law or new-law
- Read the transitional provisions for ongoing situations
- Apply the 20-day default if it is silent
Hints
- Everything starts from the official text and its date.
- Transitional provisions only matter once you know when the norm bites.
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- Find the publication date in the Gazette
- Check the norm’s own entry-into-force provision
- Apply the 20-day default if it is silent
- Read the transitional provisions for ongoing situations
- Classify each contract as old-law or new-law
Why
Publication → force date → default rule → transitions → classification: the checklist that turns a reform from headline into planning.
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