Prof. Barbara Mielnik Dr hab. Bartłomiej Krzan
Public International Law Examination questions: 1. Definition of public international law
2. Lack of judicial compulsion in public international law 3. Lack of centralized law-making body
4. Sanction in public international law
5. Monistic theories on relation between international and national law 6. Dualistic theories on relation between international and national law 7. Personality in public international law
8. State as a primary subject of public international law 9. Types of states
10. Notion of sovereignty in public international law 11. Neutral States in public international law 12. Holly See / Vatican
13. Micro States
14. Personality of International organizations 15. Personality of a nation
16. Personality of national liberation movements
17. Belligerents and partisans as subjects of international law 18. Individuals
19. Non- governmental organizations 20. Multinational/ transnational corporation 21. Succession of States
22. Recognition of State 23. Recognition of government
24. Categories of sources of public international law 25. International agreement
26. Procedure of concluding international treaties 27. Credentials
28. Consent to be bound 29. Reservations to a treaty 30. Treaty interpretation 31. Treaty and third parties 32. Treaty amendment 33. Invalidation of a treaty 34. Treaty termination 35. Suspension
36. Registration of a treaty
37. Custom as a source of public international law 38. Custom and comity
40. Principles of public international law
41. Peremptory norms in public international law 42. Unilateral acts
43. Resolutions of international organizations as sources of public international law 44. Territorial sovereignty
45. Acquisition of territory 46. Definition of borders
47. Rivers in public international law 48. Legal status of polar regions 49. Legal status of air space 50. Legal status of aircrafts 51. Airspace freedoms 52. Legal status of outer space 53. Astronauts
54. Delimitations of sea zones 55. Internal waters
56. Territorial sea 57. Continuous zone
58. Exclusive economic zone 59. Exclusive fisheries zone 60. Continental shelf 61. High seas
62. Status of vessels
63. Right to possess the flag 64. Piracy
65. Archipelagic State
66. Nationality/citizenship notion and basic principles 67. Effective nationality 68. Acquisition of nationality 69. Statelessness 70. Extradition 71. Asylum 72. Refugees
73. International protection of human rights at universal level 74. International protection of human rights at regional level 75. State organs in international relations
76. Diplomatic missions
77. Status of the head of state in international law 78. Diplomatic immunity
79. Functions of diplomatic missions 80. Classes of head of missions
81. Precedence in international diplomatic law 82. Consular missions
83. Classes of consular missions 84. Consular immunity
86. International disputes (notion, types)
87. Peaceful settlement of international disputes 88. Diplomatic dispute settlement
89. Good services 90. Mediation 91. Conciliation
92. International arbitration
93. Permanent Court of Arbitration
94. Advisory jurisdictions of the International Court of Justice 95. Composition of the ICJ
96. Judgments of the ICJ (elements, finality etc.) 97. International criminal justice
98. International criminal tribunals ad hoc 99. International Court of Justice
100. Hybrid courts
101. Truth and Reconciliation Commissions 102. Codification of State responsibility 103. Internationally wrongful act 104. Attribution of conduct
105. Circumstances precluding wrongfulness 106. Implementation of responsibility 107. Countermeasures
108. State liability 109. Use of force 110. Outbreak of war
111. Modes of terminating war and hostilities 112. Neutrality, non-belligerency
113. Prisoners of war 114. Mercenaries 115. UN forces 116. UN aims
117. Principles of the United Nations
118. UN organs: composition, voting, competencies 119. Chapter VII actions
