PIL 5 YEAR REPEATED QUESTIONS

Unit 1

1. Meaning and definition of international law, is it true law?. 10 10

2. Theories relating to relationship between International Law and Municipal Law. 10 10
10
3. Sources of international law, with special reference to custom. 10 10 6 6
4. Sources of International law according to statute of ICJ. 10
5. Discuss the theories and British practice as to the relationship between International
law and municipal law. 10 10
6. Individual as subject of internation law. 10 6 6 6
7. Subjects of International law. 6
8. Auto limitation theory. 6
9. Monoism and dualism. 6
10. Basis of International law. 6

Unit 2

1. Define state, types of states. 10 10 6

2. Different modes of acquisition and loss of territory/territorial sovereignty. 10 10 10 10
10
3. Duty of state not to interfere in affairs of another, it's exceptions. 10
4. What is recognition? Types? De jure and De facto recognition, it's effects? differences?,
case laws. 10 10 10 6
5. Retrospective effect of recognition. 6
6. Monroe's doctrine. 6 6
7. Temple of Preahvihar Case. 6
8. Micro states. 6
9. Problem. 6 6 6

Unit 3

1. Territorial jurisdiction of state? Who are exempted? Limitations of Territorial

Jurisdiction? Can it be exercised over a foreign jurisdiction?. 10 10 10
2. Different types of jurisdictions available to states. 10
3. History and development of claims over territorial waters. 10
4. High seas? Freedom of High seas? 10
5. Rights of Coastal state on their Continental shelf. 10 6
6. Jurisdiction of maritime state over coastal waters. 10
7. Theories, and kinda of State succession, especially to contractual obligation and public
debts. 10 6 6
8. Responsibility of a state for international delinquencies. 10 6
9. State responsibility in case of mob violence. 6
10. Angelo Norwegian fisheries case. 6
11. Youman's case. 6
12. Problem. 6 6 6

Unit 4

1. Define treaty and discuss the various steps in formation and termination. 10 10 10 10
2. Define the concept of extradition, analyse the crimes recognised as non-extraditable
crimes. 10 10 6
3. Concept of reservation in a treaty with help of provisions of Vienna Convention on law
of treaties. 10
4. Privileges, immunities, rights and duties of Diplomatic agents. 10 10
5. Asylum, it's types. 10 6
6. Modes of acquisition of nationality. 6
7. Nottebohm's case. 6 6 6 6
8. Columbia v. Peru. 6
9. Problem. 6 6

Unit 5

1. Purposes, Principles and membership of UNO. 10 10 6

2. Discuss the formation, powers and functions of UNSC and its role in peacekeeping. 10
10 10
3. Structure, powers and functions of UNGA. 10 10
4. Features, composition and objectives of ILO. 10 10 6 6
5. Composition, power and Jurisdiction of ICJ. 10 6
6. Structure and formation of WTO. 6 6 6 6 6
7. Veto power. 6