Training Session Flashcards
What are the 3 functions of law?
Law has three functions:
- To give a satisfied feeling of justice
- Organised society
- Legal certainty is created
What is legal certainty?
The principle that law systems must be transparent and predictable. This is considered protection to make sure that the law is not used incorrectly.
What is public law?
- Relation between gov. & society / gov. & org. / gov. & you
- Vertical relationship
- Influences bigger groups (e.g. society as a whole)
- e.g. administrative law
What is private law?
- Relation between citizens or citizen + org.
- e.g. contract & liability law
What is legal positivism?
Law exists once written down, form important, legal certainty
What are codified standards?
Written rules produced by a legislator. Law & treaties
What is the application of law?
Case law. Applying law with an interpretation of it, to further specify it.
What is case law?
The interpretation by a judge of the written laws, is the totality of verdicts given by judges in a country.
What are legal writings and teachings?
Books on law
What are religious writings and teachings?
Religious books that contain rules on how to live life, that can be brought to life in law. E.g. the Sharia
What is customary law?
A custom established & accepted by everyone. Has been done for a long period of time, isn’t written down.
What are legal principles?
General values that apply in law e.g. fair trial
What is natural law?
Exists naturally, content important, legal uncertainty
What is a legal system?
A legal regime
What is the Common Law Systems?
Case law courts are bound by their own previous decisions in similar cases. A.K.A Anglio-American law, originated in the UK
What is the Civil Law Systems?
Codified standards originating from Roman law. Main feature is it’s core principles are codified. This serves as the primary source of law, and case law is secondary
What is the main difference between common and civil law?
Usually, common law is tougher than civil law (solutions the common system comes up with is tougher)
What are the three factors of the Contribution?
- Defines the state
- Attributes power to state institutions
- Defines citizens rights
What is the Trias Politica?
A system of government where the country’s government is divided into branches of power. Each have separate and individual powers so that the powers of the branches do not conflict
What is the goal of the United Nations?
Global peace & security through interaction, discussion, political exchange & law making
What is the historical background of the U.N?
1) first attempt at international cooperation after WW1, with the league of nations, which failed and caused WW2
2) WW2 happened and they tried again with the United Nations
Why did the League of Nations fail?
Because they did not see economic stability as a contributing factor to world peace. When they tried again with the U.N, they focused on stabilising economies, as well as world peace.
What is the name of the predecessor of the U.N?
The League of Nations
What are the five main organs of the U.N and what do they do? (The 5 institutions)
- General Assembly: all UN members represented, 1 country = 1 vote, gives recommendations = “resolutions”, not binding
- Secretariat: Headed by secretary general = Guterrez, administrative organ, is politically neutral and represents the U.N as such
- EcoSoc: recommendations on economic, social and environmental issues
- Security Counsil: 15 members, 5 permanent members who can VETO any decision, and the other 10 members circulate. Permanent members are the victors of WW2
- International Court of Justice: Dispute settlement, advisory opinions, only states and only when states consent
What is the problem with VETO power?
Those who have it, use it for their own political gain instead of peace and security
What is the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)? Give an example of the kind of cases they handle
In accordance with international law, they decide disputes of a legal nature that are submitted to it by states. They also give advisory opinions on legal questions at the request of the organs of the UN. An example is that they give judgements in contentious cases, resolving disputes between two states.
What are the three organisations that go into Free Trade?
- World Trade Organisation
- International Monetary Fund
- World Bank
What is the goal of the World Trade Organisation? (WTO)
To dispute settlement
What are the four principles of the WTO?
- No discrimination to trade
- Lowering trade barriers
- Fair competition
- Encourage developing countries
What is the goal of the World Bank?
Give low interest loans to developing countries, reduce worldwide poverty
What is the goal of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Financial stability and monetary cooperation worldwide
What are the two organisations that Free Trade started with?
The World Bank and the IMF. WTO came latter
What happened at the Bretton Woods Conference?
They established the IMF and the world bank
What did the European Economic Integration (E.U) begin as?
Started as the European Coal & Steel community
What is the EU now?
27 states, more competences than a single market, and most importantly, the Treaty of the functioning of the E.U (TFEU)
What are the four freedoms of the EU?
Free movement of:
- goods
- capital
- people
- to establish and provide services