| Hint | Réponse | % Correct |
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| Which article is considered the most authoritative and comprehensive list of IL sources? | Article 38 of the ICJ Statute | 0%
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| How does Article 38 describe the states whose principles qualify? | Civilised nations | 0%
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| Quality state practice must have | consistent | 0%
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| What is the legal consequence of persistent objection? | Custom may not apply to that objecting state | 0%
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| What does Article 38(2) allow the Court to do? | Decide a case ex aequo et bono (in fairness and justice) if the parties agree | 0%
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| What is the primary function of general principles of law? | Fill legal gaps | 0%
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| elements required to establish a customary rule? | General practice | 0%
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| general principle of law | Good faith | 0%
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| There is no formal ... between customary law, treaties and general principles | Hierarchy | 0%
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| the practice of a few major powers is ... to establish a custom | Insufficient | 0%
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| What is the relationship between the material and psychological elements of custom in practice? | Intertwined | 0%
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| What classic maxim did the Nicaragua Case render invalid? | Law breaking is an essential method of law-making | 0%
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| What distinguishes soft law from hard law? | Non binding | 0%
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| elements required to establish a customary rule? | opinio juris ac necessitatis | 0%
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| Quality state practice must have | representative | 0%
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| What is the status of judicial decisions and doctrine under Article 38? | Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law | 0%
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| How is state consent to a custom normally expressed? | Tacitly | 0%
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| Which case established the persistent objector doctrine? | The Fisheries Case | 0%
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| What treaty addressed the continental shelf in 1958? | The Geneva Convention on the Continental Shelf | 0%
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| Why is identifying sources of international law difficult? | The international legal system is decentralised — there is no law-making authority above States | 0%
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| Meaning of "source of public international law" | The legal process through which norms are created, modified and annulled | 0%
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| Meaning of "source of public international law" | the place where the resulting legal norms can be found | 0%
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| What theory do international courts usually adopt regarding the legal force of instruments? | The presumptive theory | 0%
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| What is a classic example of a custom that survives despite frequent violations? | The prohibition of torture | 0%
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| When are general principles of law typically invoked? | To fill gaps in the absence of a customary rule or treaty provision | 0%
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| Which source do courts usually look to first? | Treaty | 0%
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| state practice does not need to be ... to form a custom | Universal | 0%
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| What kind of rules does customary IL govern? | Unwritten rules | 0%
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| Quality state practice must have | widespread | 0%
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