HIDAYATULLAH NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

ONLINE END-TERM EXAMINATION

(Academic Session: January-April 2020)
SEMESTER – IV
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

Instruction for Stude nts:

1. Examination Timings: 11:00 AM- 12:30 PM
2. Uploading/Sending Answer Sheets by the Students: Before 02:00 P M (The SAP
candidate s will be e ligible for e xtra 30 minutes i.e . 2:30 PM)
3. Each Question Paper carries FOUR long essay type questions and the students are
required to attempt ANY TWO, with 15 marks for each question.
4. The students are required to download the question paper immediately.
5. The answers can be typed or hand written.
a. The typed answers should be in Times Ne w Roman, font size o f 12 point
and in 1 .5 line space with standard margins; or
b. The se lf hand written answers should be in A-4 size white pape r
(ruled/unruled). It should be le gible and re adable.
c. Each answe r would be in the range of 12 00 - 15 00 words.
d. All the page s of Answe r She e ts must be ke pt in a proper se que nce with
page numbe rs.
6. The file name for sending the answer sheet should be in the follow ing format:
a. ID Number – for example – 017/2017/1601
b. Name of the Paper – for example – Family Law-I (Code-FL1)
c. Date of Examination dd/mm/yy – for e xample – 19/11/20
7. The typed answer sheets should be in a single PDF file and hand written answer
sheets should be scanned by a Scanner or through the scanning App of Mobile.
8. The students are re quired to se nd the answe r sheet on or be fo re 0 2:0 0 p.m. o n
the day of the exam to the Email ID PIL@hnlu.ac.in.
9. The Students shall be responsible for uploading of the correct version of the answer
sheets within stipulated time. Any failure on their part to upload the right file shall
lead to their answer sheets being will not be taken up for evaluation.

1. What do you mean by state recognition under international law and why is it required
even when the world community has established the principle of sovereign equality?
Also discuss theories applicable in state recognition with various forms of
recognition. (Mark s 15)

2. Discuss the rules of attribution while deciding the internationally wrongful acts under
state responsibility. Also discuss the possibility where a ‘non-injured state’ may
invoke responsibility with relevant provision. (Mark s 15)

3. “Political entities are not immutab le. They are subject to chan ge. New states a p pea r
an d old states disappear. The constant changes that took place su ch as changes in the
structure of the states, the creation of new states on the territories o f former colonies ,
social revolu tions with implication s in interna l legal order o f some states affect the
legal relations between top ics of interna tiona l law, who se content consists of
exercising the rights a nd fulfilling th e assumed international obligations.” It raises
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 certain qu estions in in ternation al law such as, how far is a new state boun d by the
treaties an d contracts entered into by the p revious sovereign of the territory; does
na tiona lity automatically devolve upon the inha bitants to replace tha t of the
predecessor; wha t happens to the public property of the previous sover eig n, a nd to
what extent is the new authority liable for the debts of the old?

In the light of abovementioned paragraph with special reference to mentioned

questions, write a detailed essay on state succession. (Mark s 15)

4. “The role of interna tional law is primarily to promote better relations between sta tes
on the internation al scene by the development of certain accepted codes governing the
beha viour of states in relation to their neighbours. In achieving this end, the concep t
of interna tion al law has been little concerned with the ind ividu al. Whereas,
Extradition is a concept which by its very nature is not a matter regulated by
international law. It is municipal in that it falls within the domestic jurisdiction of a
state to decide on what occasion it will a gree to surrender persons within its b o rd er s
an d to determine procedurally ho w this will be don e.” (B. H. Giles, Extradition and
International Law, 1 Auckland U. L. Rev. 111 (1971))

Discuss in detail the abovementioned paragraph with relevant rules applicable to

extradition. (Mark s 15)
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