CTWD 4 Prelims Flashcards
Collective efforts to identify,
understand and address
worldwide problems that go
beyond the problem-solving
capacities of states
Global Governance
Laws that regulate
relations of states
and international
persons
International Law
Laws that regulate
individuals among
themselves or within
the state
National Law
War should be the
last resort of all
nations if all means
have been exhausted
International Law
The Separation of the
State and the Church
shall be inviolable
National Law
Requires the re-enactment
of by the legislative body
of such international law
principles are sought to be
part of municipal law
Doctrine of
Transformation
The Philippines renounces war as an
instrument of national policy, adopts
the generally accepted principles of
international law as part of the law of
the land and adheres to the policy of
peace, equality, justice, freedom,
cooperation, and amity with all nations.
Doctrine of
Incorporation
Sources of International Laws
- Decision of national and lower courts
- Scholarly writings
- Executive Agreements
- Concordat
- International Conventions
- International customs
_________________ __________________ concluded between
States, in written form and governed by
International Law, embodied either in a
single instrument or in two or more
instruments and whatever its particular
designation.
International Conventions
- Agreement between
two countries - Visiting Forces
Agreement
Bilateral
- Agreement between
three or more
countries - UNCLOS
Multilateral
*Customary Law
*Rules derived from the consistent
conduct of states, acting out of the
belief that the belief that the law
required to act them that way
International Customs
- Compulsory political
organization with a centralized
government that maintains the
legitimate use of force within a
certain territory
State
- Community of persons more or less
numerous, permanently occupying a definite
portion of territory, having a government
of their own to which the great body of
inhabitants render obedience, and enjoying
freedom from external control
State
*A group of people bound together by
certain characteristics such as common
social origin, language, customs and
traditions and who believe that they are
one and distinct from others.
Nation
- A political community
that emanates from civic
society to legitimately
execute peace
Nation-State
individual or a group that seeks to
achieve goal by either conflicting
or cooperating with others in a
political context
State Actors
influential organizations or even
individuals having the potential to
influence the actions of state actors,
but not allied to a state.
Non-State Actors
- Different agencies of the
government - Governmental
organizations
State Actors
are not the only important actors in world politics.
- International organisations (EU, UN)
- Multinationals (Shell, Nestle)
- Non-government organisations (Amnesty International Greenpeace)
Non-State Actors
- Established to maintain international peace
and security - Carries the functions of delivering
humanitarian aid, promoting sustainable
development, and upholding international
law
The United Nations
Six Organs
- The General Assembly
- The Security Council
- The Economic and Social Council
- The Trusteeship Council
- The International Court of Justice
- The Secretariat
which serves as
the main deliberative policy-making and
representative organ
The General Assembly
– is the organ
which has the commitment to preserve
peace and security.
The Security Council
is the main organ for cooperation, policy,
review, policy dialogue, and advice on
economic, environmental and social
issues.
- The Economic and Social Council
– is the organ
tasked to administer international
oversight for trust territories and to make
sure that adequate procedures are taken for
independence and self – government.
The Trusteeship Council
is the UN’s prime judicial organ
The International Court of Justice
is the organ tasked to
execute the daily activities as assigned by
the five other organs.
The Secretariat
- Globalization is seen to impose a forced
choice upon nation – states - Establishment of economic and political
integrations - Establishment of international laws and
principles - rise of transnational
activism (TNA) - the creation of new
communication network
Effects of Globalization in Global Politics
basically anchored on
the opinion that nationalism should be
outrun because links that bind people of
different countries are more powerful than
those that disconnect them
Internationalism
- Proposes that nations must give up
their freedom and submit to a
larger system of laws that is
embodied by common
international principles
Liberal Internationalism
- Based on the view that capitalism
is a global system and that the
working class must unite as a
global class to forward the
struggle against capitalism.
Socialist Internationalism
- Emerged as an attitude that seeks
to understand all the
interconnections of the modern
world and to highlight patterns
that underlie them
Globalism
