CHAPTER 13 – PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

1. Name three global issues that highlight the importance of international law.
2. What was significant about the Peace of Westphalia in the development of international law?
3. What are objects, as opposed to subjects, in international law?
4. Explain the idea of state responsibility international law, and provide two examples of a state
being responsible to another state.
5. What is opinio juris, and what is its significance in international law?
6. Briefly describe the ICJ and its jurisdiction.
7. How are treaties that the Canadian government enters into made part of our domestic law?
8. Name three specific branches of public international law.
9. What is international criminal law concerned with?
10. Why are UN peacekeeping missions where armed personnel are deployed with the consent of
the state affected sometimes referred to as “Chapter VI 1/2” operations?

Name three global issues that highlight the importance of international law.

What was significant about the Peace of Westphalia in the development of international law?

What are objects, as opposed to subjects, in international law?

Explain the idea of state responsibility international law, and provide two examples of a state being
responsible to another state.

What is opinio juris, and what is its significance in international law?

Briefly describe the ICJ and its jurisdiction.

How are treaties that the Canadian government enters into made part of our domestic law?

Name three specific branches of public international law.

What is international criminal law concerned with?

Why are UN peacekeeping missions where armed personnel are deployed with the consent of the
state affected sometimes referred to as “Chapter VI 1/2” operations?