Ch19 International Lawchristian Reus-smit Exam Questions

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Title: Chapter 19 - Question 01

01) The evolution of the laws of war is one of the clearest examples of the shift from supranational law to international law.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 19 - Question 02

02) International institutions can exist without an organizational dimension, but international organizations cannot exist without an institutional framework.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 19 - Question 03

03) The Treaty of Paris in 1814 consolidated the move to territorial sovereignty in Europe.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 19 - Question 04

04) Non-governmental actors are becoming increasingly important in the development and codification of international legal norms.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 19 - Question 05

05) In recent decades states have sought to move beyond the simple pursuit of international order toward the ambitious yet amorphous objective of global governance, and international law has begun to change in fascinating ways.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 19 - Question 06

06) The recognition by states that they are observing a norm because it constitutes law is known as ________.

a. pacta sunt servanda

b. jus cogens

c. opinio juris

d. jus ad bellum

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Title: Chapter 19 - Question 07

07) Which term refers to the laws governing the conduct of war once launched?

a. Jus in bello.

b. The Geneva Convention.

c. Jus ad bellum.

d. Jus cogens.

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Title: Chapter 19 - Question 08

08) The Ottawa Convention on Anti-Personnel Landmines is a good example of a/an ________ institution.

a. constitutional

b. issue-specific

c. fundamental

d. bilateral

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Title: Chapter 19 - Question 09

09) Institutions comprising the primary rules and norms of international society, without which society among sovereign states could not exist, are described as ________ institutions.

a. fundamental

b. issue-specific

c. foundational

d. constitutional

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Title: Chapter 19 - Question 10

10) The kings and queens who ruled European states before the nineteenth century saw humanity in general, including monarchs, as being subject to __________.

a. royal and natural law

b. the rules of military engagement

c. God’s law and natural law

d. constitutional law and God’s law

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Title: Chapter 19 - Question 11

11) Which treaty/treaties ended the Napoleonic Wars and paved the way for the Congress of Vienna?

a. The Treaties of Westphalia.

b. The Treaty of Paris.

c. The Treaty of Versailles.

d. The Treaties of Utrecht.

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Title: Chapter 19 - Question 12

12) With regards to the language and practice of justification, international legal argument is __________.

a. rhetorical and analogical

b. analogical and coercive

c. rhetorical and counterfactual

d. counterfactual and coercive

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Title: Chapter 19 - Question 13

13) The principal mechanism modern states employ to ‘legislate’ international law is __________.

a. the International Criminal Court

b. the International Court of Justice

c. international institutions

d. multilateral diplomacy

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Title: Chapter 19 - Question 14

14) Which theoretical approach to international law treats international law as part of the normative structures that condition state and non-state agency in international relations?

a. Critical legal studies.

b. Constructivism.

c. The practice turn

d. Neoliberal institutionalism.

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Title: Chapter 19 - Question 15

15) ‘The basic norms and practices that sovereign states employ to facilitate coexistence’ can be called ________ .

a. constitutional institutions.

b. foundational institutions

c. fundamental institutions

d. issue-specific institutions