Chapter 06 Exam

. Which of the following reasons favoring international law is LEAST salient?

A need for a secure international environment.

A need for conflict resolution.

A need to coordinate domestic laws in a global world.

A need to control nongovernmental organizations.

. All of the following are integral principles of international law, EXCEPT

Sovereignty.

Hegemony.

Territoriality.

Jurisdiction.

. Which of the elements below are NOT considered sources of international law?

International treaties.

General principles.

Customs.

Domestic regulations.

. Which of the following terms is NOT a potential formal designation for an international treaty?

Deal.

Agreement.

Convention.

Pact.

. Territorial waters are

All islands off a stateâ€™s coast.

The freedom of the sea.

Specific zones in which all states may exploit resources.

The coastal water extension of a stateâ€™s territory.

. Interpol is BEST characterized as

A cross-border police cooperation.

An arm of the International Court of Justice.

The police force of the European Union.

An Internet monitoring system to combat patent infringement.

. Realists believe the following about international law, except

Sovereign states by definition have no higher authority over them.

Supranationalism is one of the core principles.

International law may regulate relations among states given certain conditions.

Without sanction mechanisms, international law remains powerless.

. Which of the following statements about realists is NOT true?

Realists do not advocate lawlessness.

The anarchical nature of todayâ€™s global international system makes international law important.

Strong states can ignore international law.

Every state must abide by general principles.

. That the League of Nations could not prevent Italy from invading Ethiopia in the 1930s is a good illustration of

Realism.

Liberalism.

Constructivism.

Marxism.

. Supranationalism is the _______ of authority to institutions or organizations that may _____ the authority of individual states by their consent.

Delegation . . . supersede.

Diminishing . . . increase.

Delegation . . . undermine.

Diminishing . . . supersede.

. How are treaties ratified in the United States?

By a two-thirds vote of the Senate.

By a two-thirds vote in the Senate and the House.

By a majority vote in the Senate and the House.

By a majority vote of the Supreme Court.

. Which of the following is NOT seen as a way to support a global legal system?

Stability.

Cooperation.

Just war.

Peace.

. The ICTR applies which kind of law?

International trade law.

Global environmental law.

International criminal law.

Human rights law.

. That people are responsible for certain illegal actions regardless of where they live is known as

Universal jurisdiction.

Extraterritoriality.

Neutrality.

Customary law.

. The Nuremberg trials focused primarily on

War crimes in Europe.

Violations of the Law of the Sea treaties.

The concentration camps in the Soviet Union.

Japanese atrocities in China.

. The formal legal basis for establishing the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, was created in

1907

1945

1971

1998

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