INTERNATIONAL LAW 2026 STUDY
COMPENDIUM GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
ANSWER SET
◉ Lacunae
Answer: gaps in the law
◉ taken ex aequo et bono
Answer: by what is fair and good
◉ Equity intra legem
Answer: (within the law)
When equity is applied to specific cases in such a way as to achieve
the law's intent, but without exceeding the law's formal language
◉ Equity praeter legem
Answer: (beyond the law)
the judge is then called on to fill in gaps and supplement the law
with equitable rules necessary to decide the case at hand
◉ Equity contra legem
,Answer: (against the law)
The rules of the law are disregarded and the equitable result
achieved despite the law's explicit injunction
◉ Dualism
Answer: Views every national and international legal system as a
separate and discrete entity, each with its own power to settle the
effect any outside rule of law might have within it
◉ Monism
Answer: Views the international legal order and national legal
systems as component parts of a single "universal legal order" in
which international law has a certain supremacy.
◉ Article II (2) of the Constitution
Answer: President has the Power, by and with the Advice and
Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the
Senators present concur
extends the judicial power of the United States "to all Cases, in Law
and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Law of the United
States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their
Authority."
◉ Article VI (2) of the Constitution
, Answer: Says Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which
shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which
shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the
supreme Law of the Land;
◉ Article I (10) of the Constitution
Answer: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or
Confederation," though U.S. states may make some international
compacts.
◉ Self-executing treaties
Answer: Operate directly as law and is enforceable in courts without
legislation
◉ The Paquete Habana
Answer: International law is part of our law, and must be
ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate
jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly
presented for their determination
◉ jurisprudence constante
Answer: where courts aim to develop a consistent pattern of
decisions even though they are not formally bound by precedent
COMPENDIUM GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
ANSWER SET
◉ Lacunae
Answer: gaps in the law
◉ taken ex aequo et bono
Answer: by what is fair and good
◉ Equity intra legem
Answer: (within the law)
When equity is applied to specific cases in such a way as to achieve
the law's intent, but without exceeding the law's formal language
◉ Equity praeter legem
Answer: (beyond the law)
the judge is then called on to fill in gaps and supplement the law
with equitable rules necessary to decide the case at hand
◉ Equity contra legem
,Answer: (against the law)
The rules of the law are disregarded and the equitable result
achieved despite the law's explicit injunction
◉ Dualism
Answer: Views every national and international legal system as a
separate and discrete entity, each with its own power to settle the
effect any outside rule of law might have within it
◉ Monism
Answer: Views the international legal order and national legal
systems as component parts of a single "universal legal order" in
which international law has a certain supremacy.
◉ Article II (2) of the Constitution
Answer: President has the Power, by and with the Advice and
Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the
Senators present concur
extends the judicial power of the United States "to all Cases, in Law
and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Law of the United
States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their
Authority."
◉ Article VI (2) of the Constitution
, Answer: Says Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which
shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which
shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the
supreme Law of the Land;
◉ Article I (10) of the Constitution
Answer: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or
Confederation," though U.S. states may make some international
compacts.
◉ Self-executing treaties
Answer: Operate directly as law and is enforceable in courts without
legislation
◉ The Paquete Habana
Answer: International law is part of our law, and must be
ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate
jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly
presented for their determination
◉ jurisprudence constante
Answer: where courts aim to develop a consistent pattern of
decisions even though they are not formally bound by precedent
