International Law Terminology Exam Questions and Answers

jus gentium - ANSWER-law of nations public international law - ANSWER-concerning the political actions of state or individuals forum non conveniens - ANSWER-another court may more conveniently hear a case binding - ANSWER-to impose one or more legal duties on a person or institution that requires obedience treaty - ANSWER-a binding agreement between two or more subjects of international law governed by international law, creating legal rights and obligations ICJ Statute Art. 38(1)(a-c) - ANSWER-binding sources of international law ICJ Statute Art 38(1)(d) - ANSWER-nonbinding sources of international law binding sources of international law - ANSWER-treaties, international custom, and general principals of law nonbinding sources of international law - ANSWER-soft law, judicial decisions and teachings of highly qualified individuals VCLOT Art. 2(1)(a) - ANSWER-definition of treaties contractual treaty - ANSWER-one party agrees to do something if another party does something in return statutory treaty - ANSWER-establishes set of laws constitutional treaty - ANSWER-creates a body of international law e.g. UN Charter aspirational treaty - ANSWER-what states want law to be; often environmental reservation - ANSWER-unilateral statement purporting to exclude or modify the legal effect of particular treaty articles for a reserving country rebus sic stantibus - ANSWER-things thus standing; denotes change in circumstances punta sunt servanda - ANSWER-in good faith