Practice question · Put in order
A newspaper reports that "Spain has abolished the notice period for tenancies". Arrange the checks that settle the claim, in the order you would run them.
- Confirm that the norm is in force and has been published
- Read what conduct the norm actually covers
- Ask whether courts and landlords are applying it
- Identify the norm said to have abolished it
Hints
- You cannot check the content of a norm you have not identified.
- What officials do is the last check, not the first.
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- Identify the norm said to have abolished it
- Confirm that the norm is in force and has been published
- Read what conduct the norm actually covers
- Ask whether courts and landlords are applying it
Why
The first three steps stay inside law as norm; only the fourth crosses into law as fact. The order matters because the fourth step is worthless before the third: reporting that "nobody gives notice any more" tells you nothing about abolition if the norm you are testing against was never the one in force.
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