CHAPTER 1 OF INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL LAW: EXAM 2025

CHAPTER 1 OF INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL LAW:
EXAM 2025


public international law - CORRECT -the rules and
obligations that govern the relationship between states and its
individuals


private international law - CORRECT -the rules and
obligations that govern the relationships between private individuals and
corporations


three types of relationships in public international law -
CORRECT -state and state, state and persons, persons and
persons


is international law really law - CORRECT -no formal
governing body or rule making mechanisms


law - CORRECT -rules regarded as something states are
obligated to follow


comity - CORRECT -lower standard, the practice between
states acting out of civility and good will

, categories of international law - CORRECT -international
human rights law, humanitarian law, international criminal law, criminal
jurisdiction


international human rights law - CORRECT -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 -rules
for combatants, non-combatants, and refugees
-source: geneva convention


international criminal law - CORRECT -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 --
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)