INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TEST WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS #15
Problems of the international system - correct answer anarchy, security dilemma,
tragedy of the commons
Types of goods table - correct answer excludable non-excludable
Rivalrous private goods, the "commons"
(my cell phone) fisheries, common
Pool resources
Non-rivalrous club goods public goods
Prof k's yoga (collective goods)
Fresh air
What is an international law? - correct answer a signed agreement among states
Who is the father of international law? - correct answer grotius
What are three sources of international law? - correct answer treaties, norms, legal
scholars
Which source of international law is least influential? - correct answer legal scholars
What is the united states policy on the status of treaties agreed upon by former
administrations? - correct answer all past treaties are honored
Explain the importance of pacta sunt suranda - correct answer the treaty is binding
today and with future administrations; means "treaties made in good faith are binding"
What is an opt out clause? - correct answer a date or scenario where a state can opt
out of a treaty
What is a norm in an international system? - correct answer rules that states adhere by
but is not necessarily signed by in formal fashion
What determines a norm's relative success? - correct answer duration, responsibility,
consistency, if its accepted, how well it fits in with other norms
Give three examples of norms - correct answer judicial impartiality, crimes against
humanity, pacta suts suranda
What is the lifecycle of a norm - correct answer emergence, acceptance, internalization,
(eventual death)
, Emergence - correct answer norm first introduced
Acceptance - correct answer norms is then accepted; like by other states
Internalization - correct answer norms becomes a norm! People make it a part of their
own life
What are some problems associated with norms? - correct answer who sets them?;
hegemon's norms vs others; not whether you follow a norm, but which one do you
follow?; moral dimension of each norm; violation of norms
What did grotius and gentili contribute to international law? - correct answer 1) conduct
of states and soldiers in war
2) based the rules of war on christian values
Provide an example of when sources of international law conflict - correct answer
genocide and state sovereignty
What are the four methods of enforcing international law? - correct answer domestic law
enforcement, reciprocity, diffuse reciprocity, and the world court
In domestic law enforcement, who has the greatest control in governing the world? -
correct answer the hegemon
Explain reciprocity - correct answer state a agrees to adhere to a treaty in hopes that
state b will follow
Explain diffuse reciprocity - correct answer state a does something so other states
follow making it a norm
Who is allowed to bring cases before the world court - correct answer states
How does the world court gain the right to hear cases? - correct answer states must
agree
What portions of states have signed on to allow the world court to hear cases? What
percentage of those states have opt out clauses? - correct answer a) 1/3
B) 1/3
What is the importance of rebus sic stanibus - correct answer a fundamental change in
circumstances allows for parties to opt out; means "as long as things stay the same"
What are two methods of dealing with international fractions - correct answer
sanctions/reprisals and nato military responses
ANSWERS #15
Problems of the international system - correct answer anarchy, security dilemma,
tragedy of the commons
Types of goods table - correct answer excludable non-excludable
Rivalrous private goods, the "commons"
(my cell phone) fisheries, common
Pool resources
Non-rivalrous club goods public goods
Prof k's yoga (collective goods)
Fresh air
What is an international law? - correct answer a signed agreement among states
Who is the father of international law? - correct answer grotius
What are three sources of international law? - correct answer treaties, norms, legal
scholars
Which source of international law is least influential? - correct answer legal scholars
What is the united states policy on the status of treaties agreed upon by former
administrations? - correct answer all past treaties are honored
Explain the importance of pacta sunt suranda - correct answer the treaty is binding
today and with future administrations; means "treaties made in good faith are binding"
What is an opt out clause? - correct answer a date or scenario where a state can opt
out of a treaty
What is a norm in an international system? - correct answer rules that states adhere by
but is not necessarily signed by in formal fashion
What determines a norm's relative success? - correct answer duration, responsibility,
consistency, if its accepted, how well it fits in with other norms
Give three examples of norms - correct answer judicial impartiality, crimes against
humanity, pacta suts suranda
What is the lifecycle of a norm - correct answer emergence, acceptance, internalization,
(eventual death)
, Emergence - correct answer norm first introduced
Acceptance - correct answer norms is then accepted; like by other states
Internalization - correct answer norms becomes a norm! People make it a part of their
own life
What are some problems associated with norms? - correct answer who sets them?;
hegemon's norms vs others; not whether you follow a norm, but which one do you
follow?; moral dimension of each norm; violation of norms
What did grotius and gentili contribute to international law? - correct answer 1) conduct
of states and soldiers in war
2) based the rules of war on christian values
Provide an example of when sources of international law conflict - correct answer
genocide and state sovereignty
What are the four methods of enforcing international law? - correct answer domestic law
enforcement, reciprocity, diffuse reciprocity, and the world court
In domestic law enforcement, who has the greatest control in governing the world? -
correct answer the hegemon
Explain reciprocity - correct answer state a agrees to adhere to a treaty in hopes that
state b will follow
Explain diffuse reciprocity - correct answer state a does something so other states
follow making it a norm
Who is allowed to bring cases before the world court - correct answer states
How does the world court gain the right to hear cases? - correct answer states must
agree
What portions of states have signed on to allow the world court to hear cases? What
percentage of those states have opt out clauses? - correct answer a) 1/3
B) 1/3
What is the importance of rebus sic stanibus - correct answer a fundamental change in
circumstances allows for parties to opt out; means "as long as things stay the same"
What are two methods of dealing with international fractions - correct answer
sanctions/reprisals and nato military responses
