Ch. 3 making and changing international rules

Question 1

What are the different sources of law in domesti systems?

Question 2

What is the difference between domestic and international system concerning sources of law?

Question 3

What could be the role of General Assembly resolution? why was the ILC instituted?

Question 4

What do we mean by direct and indirect participation of states in law-making?

Question 5

What are the main sources of IL and where are they listed?

Question 6

What is an international agreement? Is regulated by whom?

Question 7

What is the difference between unilateral statements and agreements?

Question 8

Why is it important to recognize the subjective scope of a treaty?

Question 9

What is a treaty? What are the phases of adoption?

Question 10

When does a treaty enter into force? What if a state does not ratify it?

Question 11

How can a state express consent? What is the most common way?

Question 12

What is the approach of VCLT regarding invalidity? What s the list of causes?

Question 13

What are the conditions for invalidity when the treaty goes against internal rules?

Question 14

What happens when a treaty is against a ius cogens?

Question 15

When is the principle of estoppel applied?

Question 16

What is a reservation? What are the legal consequences with other states?

Question 17

What are external grounds for termination?

Question 18

What are internal grounds for termination?

Question 19

What is a sunset clause? (and examples)

Question 20

What are the conditions for invoking impossibility to perform?

Question 21

What are the criterias for interpreting treaties?

Question 22

What are general principles and their function?

Question 23

What is the relationship between sources?

Question 24

When is a treaty binding to a third state? North continental shelf

Question 25

What happens when different sources differ?

Question 26

Why soft law is so important?