Prepared by: Espaola, Alpha Vit M.

LLB-2 PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SECOND SEMESTER SCHOOL YEAR 2011-2012 NAME: _______________________________ DATE: __________________SCORE:______ Instructions: Choose the best answer. _____1.) It is defined as one that possesses freedom to direct and control foreign relations without restraints from other States. a. b. c. d. Independent State Simple Independent State Composite Independent State Federal Independent State

_____2.) International law is said to be an application of natural reason to the nature of the state-person. a. Natural Theory b. Command Theory c. Natural Law Theory d. Consensual Theory _____3.) Body of rules and principles which are recognized as legally binding and which govern the relations of States and other entities invested with international legal personality. a. b. c. d. Law of Nations Public International Law Private International Law International Law

_____4.) A State should not inquire into the legal validity of the public acts of another State done within the territory of the latter. a. b. c. d. Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity Absolute Sovereign Immunity Doctrine Principle of Equality Act of State Doctrine

_____5.) No State can claim jurisdiction over another, hence States cannot be sued in the court of other States, unless this jurisdictional immunity is waived by them; expressed or implied. a. b. c. d. Absolute Sovereign Immunity Doctrine Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity Doctrine Principle of Equality Act of State Doctrine

_____6.) A status created by means of a treaty; a condition that applies in peace or in war, obligating the State never to take up arms against any other State, except for self-defense, or to enter into such international obligations as would indirectly involve a neutralized State in war. a. b. c. d. Dependent State Neutral State Neutrality of State Neutralization

_____7.) A State subject to the authority of one or two other States in the conduct of its external affairs. a. International Guardianship b. Protectorate State c. Dependent State d. Suzerainty State _____8.) An international agreement embodied in a single, formal instrument or two or more related instruments, made between entities both or all of which are subjects of international law, possessed of international personality, and intended to create rights and obligations, or to established relationships, governed by international law. a. b. c. d. Convention Treaty Executive Agreement Pact

_____9.) A process whereby a non-signatory State later becomes a party to a treaty in some of the provisions. a. Adherence b. Accession c. Accession Proper d. Approbation _____10.) A unilateral statement, made by a State, when signing, ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to a treaty, whereby it purports to exclude or modify the legal effect of certain provisions of the treaty in their application to that State. a. b. c. d. Reservation Approbation Adherence Withdrawal

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