Test Review
Unit: International Law
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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)
You only need to know up to
hear for the June 2008 exam!
- 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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