class 4

Question 1

what are the 8 human rights characteristics?

Answer 1

1) historicity
2) universality (applicable any place, anytime to anyone)
3)essentiality
4) inalienability (not a commodity)
5) inexhaustibility (never ending)
6) imprescriptibility (previous time set)
7) non- renounciability
8) non-retroactivity (cannot limit the reach)

Question 2

what is a statute of limtation?

Answer 2

a statute prescribing a period of limitation for the bringing of certain kinds of legal action.

Question 3

what is the meaning of res nullius

Answer 3

things (related to) nothing
was a legal term for slaves

Question 4

what is the declaration of arbroath

Answer 4

1320: scotland against Uk and British, suggests freedom over other human rights

Question 5

how was the early 13th century a historical background for human rights?

Answer 5

philosophical positions and religious beliefs systems

Question 6

what is the concept of duties?

Answer 6

we do need the idea of how human rights apply to the state. human rights need to be respected by the state, they are imposed

Question 7

what were the two influential declarations in the 18th century?

Answer 7

US (1776) and 1791 first ten amendments (equivalent to bill of rights)
France (1789) declaration of civil rights

Question 8

What are the two parts to the Law of the Nations?

Answer 8

a) the passage
b) the duty of care

Question 9

what is international law?

Answer 9

law outside the traditional sovereignty of the states. two big branches of law, internal law and international law (the standard for relationships among sovereign agents)

Question 10

what are the two branches of international law?

Answer 10

public: the relationship among sovereign states
private: trade, commerce, and business. main characteristics is what regulates or rules the private subjects outside their sovereignty