LCP4801 FINAL TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● What is international law.
Answer: The law governing relations between states and regulating their
external interactions in the international sphere
●● Who are the primary subjects of international law.
Answer: States because international law historically developed as a
system regulating relations between sovereign states
●● What kinds of relations does international law regulate.
Answer: Bilateral relations between two states and multilateral relations
involving multiple states or international organisations
●● Are individuals traditionally subjects of international law.
Answer: No individuals are generally not primary subjects although
modern international law recognises them in areas such as human rights
and international criminal law
●● What early practices resembled international law.
, Answer: Diplomacy treaties trade agreements and rules governing war
between political communities
●● How did African kingdoms participate in early international
relations.
Answer: Through diplomacy trade and political agreements such as
Mansa Musa of Mali interacting with Arabia the Oba of Benin sending
envoys to Lisbon in 1514 and diplomatic exchanges between Portugal
and the kingdoms of Mossi and Congo
●● How did colonialism affect Africa's role in international law.
Answer: Colonialism suppressed African political systems and treated
Africa largely as an object rather than a creator of international law
●● What event marked the emergence of the modern state system.
Answer: The Peace of Westphalia 1648 which established sovereign
independent states
●● What is the Westphalian principle of sovereign equality.
Answer: All states are legally equal each has the right to independence
and must respect the sovereignty of others
●● What characterised international law from 1815 to 1914.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● What is international law.
Answer: The law governing relations between states and regulating their
external interactions in the international sphere
●● Who are the primary subjects of international law.
Answer: States because international law historically developed as a
system regulating relations between sovereign states
●● What kinds of relations does international law regulate.
Answer: Bilateral relations between two states and multilateral relations
involving multiple states or international organisations
●● Are individuals traditionally subjects of international law.
Answer: No individuals are generally not primary subjects although
modern international law recognises them in areas such as human rights
and international criminal law
●● What early practices resembled international law.
, Answer: Diplomacy treaties trade agreements and rules governing war
between political communities
●● How did African kingdoms participate in early international
relations.
Answer: Through diplomacy trade and political agreements such as
Mansa Musa of Mali interacting with Arabia the Oba of Benin sending
envoys to Lisbon in 1514 and diplomatic exchanges between Portugal
and the kingdoms of Mossi and Congo
●● How did colonialism affect Africa's role in international law.
Answer: Colonialism suppressed African political systems and treated
Africa largely as an object rather than a creator of international law
●● What event marked the emergence of the modern state system.
Answer: The Peace of Westphalia 1648 which established sovereign
independent states
●● What is the Westphalian principle of sovereign equality.
Answer: All states are legally equal each has the right to independence
and must respect the sovereignty of others
●● What characterised international law from 1815 to 1914.
