Legal Studies External Exam Revision
Questions and Answers Graded A+
Human rights - Correct answer-fundamental rights that are considered to belong to
every person regardless of race, gender, age, nationality or religion
Covenants - Correct answer-similar to a convention in effect and use; often used
synonymously with treaty, convention, charter, protocol and/or statute
Treaties - Correct answer-a formalised agreement between two or more nations
about a particular area of mutual interest (such as trade, prisoner exchanges or
human rights); often used synonymously with convention, covenant, charter,
protocol and/or statute
Sovereignty - Correct answer-the concept that a government exercises full control
over affairs within a geographical or territorial limit; this means it can pass laws
and enforce them within this area and exists as an essentially independent legal and
political body in this space
Signatory treaty - Correct answer-a treaty we are signatory to
Multilateral - Correct answer-undertaken by more than two nation-states
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Questions and Answers Graded A+
Human rights - Correct answer-fundamental rights that are considered to belong to
every person regardless of race, gender, age, nationality or religion
Covenants - Correct answer-similar to a convention in effect and use; often used
synonymously with treaty, convention, charter, protocol and/or statute
Treaties - Correct answer-a formalised agreement between two or more nations
about a particular area of mutual interest (such as trade, prisoner exchanges or
human rights); often used synonymously with convention, covenant, charter,
protocol and/or statute
Sovereignty - Correct answer-the concept that a government exercises full control
over affairs within a geographical or territorial limit; this means it can pass laws
and enforce them within this area and exists as an essentially independent legal and
political body in this space
Signatory treaty - Correct answer-a treaty we are signatory to
Multilateral - Correct answer-undertaken by more than two nation-states
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