Test Review

Unit: International Law

Resources

• text, chapters #14 and #15;
• The Federal Extradition Act
• Selected Sections of the Extradition Act
• Overview of the United Nations
• Resolving International Disputes Peacefully
• Resolving International Disputes Through Force
• The United Nations Web Site.

Requirements

The following is a detailed outline of what will be included on the test and what will be expected of the student. To successfully complete this unit test the student must be able to:

• explain the origins of international law,

• discuss the legal nature of international law,

• outline and explain the accepted sources of international law:
  • international treaties,
  • international customs,
  • accepted legal principles, and
  • decisions of the International Court;

• For each of the above sources of international law, the student should be able to:
  • outline what elements must be present to make this source of international law effective,
  • provide an example of this source of international law in action, and
  • provide a final opinion regarding the validity of this source of international law. In other words, is this truly "law" as we have come to know it?

• Define the following terms:
  • extradition
  • diplomatic immunity
  • environmental protection
  • international trade

• outline and explain the following requirements for extraditing international fugitives,
  • double-criminality rule
  • reciprocity
  • evidence of guilt
  • specialty

• outline and explain the following concepts associated with diplomatic immunity,
  • ambassador / high commissioner
  • Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961
  • diplomatic immunity
  • persona non grata
  • expulsion

• outline and explain the following concepts associated with environmental protection,
  • NGO
  • Stockholm Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, 1972
  • Earth Summit, 1992
  • precautionary principle

• outline and explain the following concepts associated with international trade,
  • mercantilism
  • protectionist policies
  • International Monetary Fund
  • World Bank
  • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 1948 (GATT)
  • World Trade Organization, 1994 (WTO)
  • North American Free Trade Agreement, 1993 (NAFTA)

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• describe the following councils and departments which make up the United Nations:
  • the General Assembly,
  • the Economic and Social Council,
  • the Trusteeship Council,
  • the Security Council,
  • the International Court of Justice, and
  • the Secretariat

• explain how the United Nations determines whether a dispute is within domestic or international jurisdiction;

• describe and explain the methods used for peacefully resolving international disputes, including:
  • negotiation,
  • mediation,
  • conciliation,
  • arbitration, and
  • adjudication;

   

• discuss issues related to the use of force in resolving state conflicts, including:
  • legal use of force:
    
    • reprisal,
    • self-defence,
    • Security Council
  • illegal uses of force,
  • self-determining peoples.

• discuss the objective, and any points of ambiguity, associated with the following Articles and Resolutions:
  • Resolution 2625,
  • Uniting for Peace Resolution,
  • Article 42, and
  • Article 51.

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