Introduction to IEC Law

Question 1

Definition of a state

Answer 1

An organised political community under one government.

Question 2

Montevideo Convention of Rights and Duties of States (1933) requires that a state must possess 4 things:

Answer 2

1. A permanent population.
2. A defined territory.
3. A government; and
4. The capacity to enter into relations with another state.

Question 3

4 Things the state and individuals have:

Answer 3

1. A vertical relationship.
2. Supremacy/ sovereignty of the state.
3. Internal legal systems.
4. The state at international level.

Question 4

Relationships between states

Answer 4

Allow independence and sovereignty. Allows a relationship between the states. 193? Nation States.

Question 5

Sources of international law

Answer 5

• Treaties
• Custom

Question 6

Scope of international law

Answer 6

• Preservation of peace, regulation of armed conflict.
• Environmental law.
• Human rights.
• International trade and financial regulation.
• Space expeditions, use of the high seas.

Question 7

According to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) a treaty is described as…

Answer 7

An international agreement concluded between states in written form and governed by international law.