Final Exams LAWS2000 International Law 2021 S1 PDF

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Take Home Exam for Macquarie University Session 1, 2021

LAWS2000 (course id) Law

Suggested Reading Time: Suggested Writing Time: Total Duration (including submission time):

International

15mins 3 hours 45minutes 5 hours

Instructions for Candidates 1.

This is an online open book examination.

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There are five questions, worth of 10%, 20%, 20%, 25% and 25% of 100 points respectively

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Please allocate your time according to suggested time to be spent.

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The exam questions will be uploaded to iLearn Take Home Exam Assessment Section at 12pm (AEST), 11 June 2021. Answers must be submitted through Turnitin by 5pm (AEST), 11 June 2021.

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No late submission will be marked without a Special Consideration/Disability Adjustment application approved by the Faculty.

This open book online exam: § The exam responses must be your own work. § You must quote or paraphrase and reference any permitted material that you take/use/adapt from somewhere else. Please download the exam paper (word document), provide your answers below each question, then submit to Turnitin. You are permitted to: § Consult the text book(s). § Consult university provided unit materials on the unit website or in printed form. § Consult reference material from the university library or from credible online sources e.g. recognised publishers, government, educational institutions, research organisations. § Consult notes that you have produced yourself. § Communicate only to authorised university staff members for the purposes of clarification and logistical/technical trouble shooting e.g. exams help line, unit convenor. You are NOT permitted to: § Have someone else do exam questions for you. § Help another student with exam questions or hints. § Refer to or re-use identical or similar question solutions as might be found on social media, chat forums, ‘study help’ type websites, study note sharing websites or via other means. § Communicate or collaborate with another student or person in anyway during the exam without explicit permission from a University staff member (other than to authorised University staff members). § Ask for or receive exam answers or hints from someone else (other than an authorised University staff member). § Let your exam responses become available or visible to other students. Provide the exam questions, exam materials or exam responses to another student or person via any means (other than to authorised University staff members). e.g post or communicate exam questions or materials others via forums, chat boards, ‘study assistance’ websites, instant messaging platforms, photograph and send via mobile devices to others.

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QUESTION 1 (10 points) It is recommended that you spend no more than 45 minutes on this question. What are the sources of international law?

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QUESTION 2 (20 points) It is recommended that you spend no more than 45 minutes on this question. Please define customary international law. How does Australia implement customary international law?

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QUESTION 3 (20 points) It is recommended that you spend no more than 45 minutes on this question.

Beyond nation states, who are key emerging actors of International law? Does the United Nations, for example, have international legal personality?

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QUESTION 4 (25 points) It is recommended that you spend no more than 45 minutes on this question.

It is widely recognized by that international community that outer space is for peaceful use only. However, in 2025, State A launched a missile against State B’s weather reporting satellite. The satellite was destroyed. The satellite crashed into the ocean. The wreck of the satellite was sunk (fortunately) into the Pacific without causing damage to any other country. Advise State B on how they would establish state responsibility under international law in this case?

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QUESTION 5 (25 points) It is recommended that you spend no more than 45 minutes on this question. State A (a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council) and State B (a member of the UN) have land territory that borders the same sea - the South Sea. State A and B both have maritime territorial claims in the South Sea. Therefore, disputes have been arising over the years and sometimes even tensions between military vessels from two countries. Please explain (a) how could the two countries resolve their disputes under international law? (b) does the International Court of Justice have jurisdiction in this case?...