hi friends. neither in past papers section nor in this particular forum of international law, have i seen any attempt to solve the last CSS examanition paper of international law. lets start the business right now. below given is the CSS 2012 paper of international law carrying both objective and subjective parts. lets start solving

INTERNATIONAL LAW CSS-2012 (OBJECTIVE)
MARKS 20 TIME 30 MINS

1) Legal person means
a) An entity on which a legal system confers rights and imposes duties
b) A living being with power and authority
c) A body with necessary powers and authority
d) None of these

2) The theories which define the relationship between the international and domestic laws are:
a) Realism and idealism
b) Legalism and pluralism
c) Monism and dualism
d) None of these

3) What is the difference between a subject of international law and an international legal person:
a) Same as that of state and government
b) Same as that of federating unit and centre in a federation
c) No difference
d) None of these

4) How many organs of the United Nations are located in New York?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
e) None of these

5) What is the status of the ICRC in the international law?
a) An inter-governmental organization for protecting Geneva Convention 1949
b) An international organization
c) A non-governmental organization
d) None of these

6) What is jus congens?
a) Statutory law
b) Common law
c) Compelling law
d) None of these

7) Amnesty international and Greenpeace are?
a) NGOs
b) CSOs
c) Multinational bodies
d) None of these

8) Which of the following UN organ’s resolutions are binding on member states?
a) Trusteeship council
b) Security council
c) General assembly
d) None of these

9) “Corporate Social Responsibility” means
a) Multinationals to follow basic human rights, environmental laws in developing countries
b) Multinational corporations to give due regard to local cultures
c) Multinationals to accommodate local morality in official procedures.
d) None of these

10) In which I.C.J Article the sources of International Law are explained?
a) Article 15
b) Article 38
c) Article 50
d) None of these

11) The UN membership as at December 31,2011 was:
a) 190
b) 193
c) 200
d) None of these

12) Principle of “ Pacta sunt servanda” means:
a) Treaties are binding
b) Treaties have no force
c) Agreements are sacred
d) None of these

13) The I.C.J decisions are binding upon:
a) All member states of the UN
b) Only the parties to the conflict
c) The UN non-member states
d) None of these

14) What was the exact number of member states when the UN was founded in 1945?
a) 41
b) 51
c) 71
d) None of these

15) The principal judicial organ of the UN is?
a) General Assembly
b) I.C.J
c) Security Council
d) None of these

16) Cabotage means:
a) Movement of ships between two ports of neighbuoring countries
b) No fly zone imposed by a state during war time
c) Intercourse by sea between two ports of the same state
d) None of these

17) Who was the first General Secretary of the UN:
a) U. Thant
b) Trygve Halvadan Lie
c) Boutros Ghali
d) None of these

18) What is “condominium”
a) A piece of territory under control of just one state
b) A piece of territory under the joint tenancy of two or more states
c) A territory under UN control
d) None of these

19) The Covenant of League Of Nations carried
a) 16 Articles
b) 26 Articles
c) 36 Articles
d) None of these

20) What is the difference between Open Sea and High Sea?
a) The sea in and around a state
b) No difference
c) Territorial waters meeting Open Sea
d) None of these


PART II

Q.2 Does the customary international law grant the right to use force to a state in response to a terrorist attack on it? Substantiate your answer by arguing from Article 51 and Paragraph 4 of the Article 2 of the UN Charter and other recent examples in this regard.

Q3. “Non-recognition of a government can be amounted to denying the recognition of the state itself as it is the governments that do international business on behalf of the states.” Argue in affirmative this statement with particular reference to Constitutive Theory of Recognition.

Q4. Lord Curzon once said, “Frontiers are indeed the razor’s edge on which hang suspended the modern issues of war or peace, of life or death to nations.” Explain in this light the various modes of acquisition of territory by a state.

Q5. What are the various kinds of treaties in international law? Explain the laws about formation, interpretation and termination of treaties.

Q6. What is Veto? How, when and by whom it is used? What consequences Pakistan had to face in the past because of its use by a former superpower?

Q7. Explain with reference to the relevant articles of the UN Charter that whether the world body is authorized to intervene in the domestic jurisdiction of its member states.

Q8. Write short notes on any FOUR of the following:
(a) Protectorate (b) Prize Courts (c) Extradition
(d) Double Nationality (e) Continental Shelf (f) Universal Declaration of Human Rights

here are my answers for some of the objectives, though i am not 100% sure about any of them. please do make the correction wherever you think i went wrong. add your own answers if you know any.


1) Legal person means
a) An entity on which a legal system confers rights and imposes duties
b) A living being with power and authority
c) A body with necessary powers and authority
d) None of these

2) The theories which define the relationship between the international and domestic laws are:
a) Realism and idealism
b) Legalism and pluralism
c) Monism and dualism
d) None of these


4) How many organs of the United Nations are located in New York?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
e) None of these

International Court of Justice is located in The Hague


6) What is jus congens?
a) Statutory law
b) Common law
c) Compelling law
d) None of these

7) Amnesty international and Greenpeace are?
a) NGOs
b) CSOs
c) Multinational bodies
d) None of these

8) Which of the following UN organ’s resolutions are binding on member states?
a) Trusteeship council
b) Security council
c) General assembly
d) None of these


10) In which I.C.J Article the sources of International Law are explained?
a) Article 15
b) Article 38
c) Article 50
d) None of these

11) The UN membership as at December 31,2011 was:
a) 190
b) 193
c) 200
d) None of these

12) Principle of “ Pacta sunt servanda” means:
a) Treaties are binding
b) Treaties have no force
c) Agreements are sacred
d) None of these

13) The I.C.J decisions are binding upon:
a) All member states of the UN
b) Only the parties to the conflict
c) The UN non-member states
d) None of these



15) The principal judicial organ of the UN is?
a) General Assembly
b) I.C.J
c) Security Council
d) None of these


20) What is the difference between Open Sea and High Sea?
a) The sea in and around a state
b) No difference
c) Territorial waters meeting Open Sea
d) None of these

Here are some corrections made to some of the objectives in previous post. also new objectives are solved as well

1) Legal person means
a) An entity on which a legal system confers rights and imposes duties
b) A living being with power and authority
c) A body with necessary powers and authority
d) None of these

not 100% sure

2) The theories which define the relationship between the international and domestic laws are:
a) Realism and idealism
b) Legalism and pluralism
c) Monism and dualism
d) None of these

3) What is the difference between a subject of international law and an international legal person:
a) Same as that of state and government
b) Same as that of federating unit and centre in a federation
c) No difference
d) None of these

have no idea

4) How many organs of the United Nations are located in New York?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
e) None of these

International Court of Justice is located in The Hague

5) What is the status of the ICRC in the international law?
a) An inter-governmental organization for protecting Geneva Convention 1949
b) An international organization
c) A non-governmental organization
d) None of these

6) What is jus congens?
a) Statutory law
b) Common law
c) Compelling law
d) None of these

7) Amnesty international and Greenpeace are?
a) NGOs
b) CSOs
c) Multinational bodies
d) None of these

8) Which of the following UN organ’s resolutions are binding on member states?
a) Trusteeship council
b) Security council
c) General assembly
d) None of these

9) “Corporate Social Responsibility” means
a) Multinationals to follow basic human rights, environmental laws in developing countries
b) Multinational corporations to give due regard to local cultures
c) Multinationals to accommodate local morality in official procedures.
d) None of these

(not quite sure though)

10) In which I.C.J Article the sources of International Law are explained?
a) Article 15
b) Article 38
c) Article 50
d) None of these

11) The UN membership as at December 31,2011 was:
a) 190
b) 193
c) 200
d) None of these

12) Principle of “ Pacta sunt servanda” means:
a) Treaties are binding
b) Treaties have no force
c) Agreements are sacred
d) None of these

13) The I.C.J decisions are binding upon:
a) All member states of the UN
b) Only the parties to the conflict
c) The UN non-member states
d) None of these

14) What was the exact number of member states when the UN was founded in 1945?
a) 41
b) 51
c) 71
d) None of these

15) The principal judicial organ of the UN is?
a) General Assembly
b) I.C.J
c) Security Council
d) None of these

16) Cabotage means:
a) Movement of ships between two ports of neighbuoring countries
b) No fly zone imposed by a state during war time
c) Intercourse by sea between two ports of the same state
d) None of these

17) Who was the first General Secretary of the UN:
a) U. Thant
b) Trygve Halvadan Lie
c) Boutros Ghali
d) None of these

18) What is “condominium”
a) A piece of territory under control of just one state
b) A piece of territory under the joint tenancy of two or more states
c) A territory under UN control
d) None of these

19) The Covenant of League Of Nations carried
a) 16 Articles
b) 26 Articles
c) 36 Articles
d) None of these

not 100% sure

20) What is the difference between Open Sea and High Sea?
a) The sea in and around a state
b) No difference
c) Territorial waters meeting Open Sea
d) None of these

not quite sure

Please make note of following corrections:

1) A
2)C
9)A
12)C
19) B
20) B

Regards,
Aamir

9) “Corporate Social Responsibility” means
a) Multinationals to follow basic human rights, environmental laws in developing countries
b) Multinational corporations to give due regard to local cultures
c) Multinationals to accommodate local morality in official procedures.
d) None of these

'C' seems to be the most relevant answer except that it speaks ONLY of developing country while as per my knowledge CSR applies to all the countries regardless of them being developed or under developet.

And can anybody please explain a bit what a 'legal person' means


1) Legal person means

a) An entity on which a legal system confers rights and imposes duties
b) A living being with power and authority
c) A body with necessary powers and authority
d) None of these

please correct me if i am wrong but doesn't the definition in option 'a' set fit to SUBJECT rather than LEGAL PERSON.

between what is the most suitable answer to the following objective

3) What is the difference between a subject of international law and an international legal person:
a) Same as that of state and government
b) Same as that of federating unit and centre in a federation
c) No difference
d) None of these

Regards

I had considered your selected options in depth before coming to my conclusion. The following is my explanantion

9.The proper definition of corporate social responsibility is:

Corporate social responsibility (CSR, also called corporate conscience, corporate citizenship, social performance, or sustainable responsible business/ Responsible Business)[1] is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model. CSR policy functions as a built-in, self-regulating mechanism whereby a business monitors and ensures its active compliance with the spirit of the law, ethical standards, and international norms. The goal of CSR is to embrace responsibility for the company's actions and encourage a positive impact through its activities on the environment, consumers, employees, communities, stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere who may also be considered as stakeholders. Source: Wikipedia

SO Csr has application mostly in developing nations because it is owed by multinationals which want to invest in developing countries only. Furthermore the above definiton is self explanatory as it speaks of international norms.

3. Subject of international law and international legal person mean the same thing because they are both entities that have been conferred with international rights and obligations. An international legal person includes everyone including state, multinationals, NGO's and even individuals.

The difference between a state and government is that a state constitutes of 4 factors; populations, territory, sovereignty and government whereas governement is only one of the factors that constitutes a state. Therefore, there is no such difference in the above mentioned terms.

You are most welcome to share ur views. I may be wrong.

I hope i have made things clear because it is a difficult concept to explain.

Regards,
Aamir

Good start.... include me too brother.
I 'll try to particpate.

sorry its a typing mistake. it should be read as " 'a' seems to be the most relevant answer

quite logical but a definition of something has to be complete and must take care of all its aspects. multinationals do invest in developed countries as well. the question that arise is...Does the CSR for multinational only apply in developing countries???


Well this is a valuable information for me as the term was quite confusing to me.

self explanatory given your above clarification that legal person and subject are one and the same thing. thanks

participation by everyone who so ever is highly welcomed

Regards