Chapter 1 - Introduction to International
Law ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
public international law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the rules and obligations that govern
the relationship between states and its individuals
private international law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the rules and obligations that govern
the relationships between private individuals and corporations
three types of relationships in public international law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅state and
state, state and persons, persons and persons
is international law really law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅no formal governing body or
rule making mechanisms
law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅rules regarded as something states are obligated to follow
comity - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅lower standard, the practice between states acting out
of civility and good will
categories of international law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅international human rights law,
humanitarian law, international criminal law, criminal jurisdiction
international human rights law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅protects individuals/groups
from governments that violate civil, political, or human rights during times of peace
-source: conventions that many states have not ratified
humanitarian law (law of armed conflict) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅rules for combatants,
non-combatants, and refugees
-source: geneva convention
, international criminal law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅regulates the behavior of state
officials and organizations that cross national borders in commission of international crimes
-these are the international obligations that officials and individuals have to follow in
international law
-international criminal court
international criminal jurisdiction - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-extraterritoriality: exempted
from jurisdiction of local law
-territoriality: sovereign state where the crime actually occurs
-nationality: membership to a nation or sovereign state (different from citizen)
-protective principle: protect your own state when crime outside its boundaries threatens
safety
-passive personality: bring action against foreign nationals whose behavior affects their own
citizens
-universality: applies to conduct anywhere in the world when it has international concern
what does international law rely on - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅consensus of the
international community
most important sources of international law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅treaties and
conventions
treaties - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅agreements between one or more nations
conventions - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅agreements sponsored by international
organizations
there are _________ and _______ that become law, how? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅there
are treaties and customs that have become so common in practice that they have become law
to establish existence of customary law, what do you have to demonstrate - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅-duration: passage of time
-usus: consistent and recurring action by state (or non-recurring if action is non-involvement)
Law ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
public international law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the rules and obligations that govern
the relationship between states and its individuals
private international law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the rules and obligations that govern
the relationships between private individuals and corporations
three types of relationships in public international law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅state and
state, state and persons, persons and persons
is international law really law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅no formal governing body or
rule making mechanisms
law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅rules regarded as something states are obligated to follow
comity - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅lower standard, the practice between states acting out
of civility and good will
categories of international law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅international human rights law,
humanitarian law, international criminal law, criminal jurisdiction
international human rights law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅protects individuals/groups
from governments that violate civil, political, or human rights during times of peace
-source: conventions that many states have not ratified
humanitarian law (law of armed conflict) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅rules for combatants,
non-combatants, and refugees
-source: geneva convention
, international criminal law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅regulates the behavior of state
officials and organizations that cross national borders in commission of international crimes
-these are the international obligations that officials and individuals have to follow in
international law
-international criminal court
international criminal jurisdiction - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-extraterritoriality: exempted
from jurisdiction of local law
-territoriality: sovereign state where the crime actually occurs
-nationality: membership to a nation or sovereign state (different from citizen)
-protective principle: protect your own state when crime outside its boundaries threatens
safety
-passive personality: bring action against foreign nationals whose behavior affects their own
citizens
-universality: applies to conduct anywhere in the world when it has international concern
what does international law rely on - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅consensus of the
international community
most important sources of international law - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅treaties and
conventions
treaties - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅agreements between one or more nations
conventions - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅agreements sponsored by international
organizations
there are _________ and _______ that become law, how? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅there
are treaties and customs that have become so common in practice that they have become law
to establish existence of customary law, what do you have to demonstrate - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅-duration: passage of time
-usus: consistent and recurring action by state (or non-recurring if action is non-involvement)
