Exam 13: International Law, Norms, and Human Rights

According to the Dutch legal scholar Grotius, a just war includes all of the following principles except

The principle that the International Criminal Court will only take on cases in which domestic criminal courts are either unable or unwilling to get involved in is known as

The set of rules and obligations that states recognize as binding on each other is called

The United States

The "ethnic cleansing" campaigns of the wars in former Yugoslavia and the Rwandan genocide of 1994 are examples of

In the war on terror, are drone strikes legal according to international law? Compare and contrast the legal arguments for and against the use of such strikes.

Constructivists emphasize the role played by

The U.S. government position that preventive war against potential nuclear proliferators was legal is known as the

Economic and social rights include all of the following except

Major sources of international law include

Illegal actions that come under war crimes include all the following except

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is similar to the previous organization, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), but also quite different. What are the main similarities and differences between these two organizations? What are the distinct challenges faced by the WTO?

Which of the following statements is false?

Which category of criminal action focuses on atrocities committed during armed conflicts?

The World Trade Organization (WTO) mechanism might be described as an instance of __________; i.e., although WTO has the authority to dole out penalties, enforcement comes from the states themselves.

One of the first sources of international law that sought to regulate war came from the

The United States invaded Iraq twice: in 1990 and in 2003. What were the main differences in the circumstances that resulted in these invasions?

Many scholars would argue that today we are living in a period

The 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact sought to

How exactly is the debate over universal human rights changing the current international norm of nonintervention? Why might certain actors assert the Westphalian system is indeed ripe for change? Why might others oppose intervention in support of human rights protection?