CONTINUATION OF SU 1

Question 1

JUS DISPOSITIVUM

Answer 1

are general rules of international law that can be easily modified through agreement of states.

Question 2

JUS COGENS:

Answer 2

is a category of norms of international law that cannot be modified by mere will of states.

Question 3

THESE INCLUDES:

Answer 3

-genocide
-slavery
-torture
-racial discrimination

Question 4

John Austin:

Answer 4

John Austin’s claim that law is a command of a political superior to a political inferior backed by the threat of sanctions. International law is not law.

Question 5

Pollock:

Answer 5

Pollock says that a legal system requires the existence of a political community, and the recognition by its members of settled rules binding upon them. International law is law.