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This paper aims to present a classification of legal norms. For this classification, I use first.order and second.order predicate logic. A norm (to be precise, a normative sentence) is formed from a deontic operator and a descriptive sentence. Norms are either individual or general. If the first terms of descriptive sentences of norms (subjects of sentences) are constants, they are individual. If the first terms of descriptive sentences of norms are variables bounded by universal quantifiers, they are general. Norms are also classified into either norms of conduct or norms of competence. If predicates of descriptive sentences of norms are constants, they are norms of conduct. If predicates of descriptive sentences of norms are variables, they are norms of competence.