International Organizations & Institutions Part I

Problems with state-centric approach

New instrusions on study of what?

Sometimes _______ control less resources than _________ actors.

In other words, sometimes ________ _______ are larger than the ______.

Not all national political systems are ____________.

Which group is not keen on IO's? Why?

International Institutions vs. Organizations

International institutions are commonly defined as norms, rules, and practices that "prescribe _________ roles, __________ activity, and shape __________"

International ________, like the United Nations, are physical entities that have staff, head offices, and letterheads, while international _______ can exist without any organizational strucure.

What is an example of an instituton?

_______ may lead to ___________.

The World Trade Organization is an _______ with a very strong _______ structure.

What can insitutional organizations not exist without?

International organizations cannot exist without an institutional framework, as their very existence pressuposes a prior set of norms, rules, and principles that empower them to ______ and which they are charged to ________.

The United Nations could not have functioned nor existed unless the states had done what?

States crate international institutions at three levels:

There are ______ constitutional amendments.

What is one of these principles?

What does it do?

Without the institution of sovereignty, the world of _______ states, and the international ________ it engenders, would simply _______ ______.

In what would way would Tunisia be equal to the U.S.?

What sorts of fundamental institutions have states created? (2 examples)

These provide the basic ______ and _______ that shape how states solve ________ and ________ problems.

Laws are now ___________.

What is an example of as issue-specific institute or regime?

The NPT enacts _________ institutional practices in particular realms of inter-state _______.

Definition of International Law

What is international law?

Who do these values speak to?

What is meant by level of development?

International law should be ________.

International Law: past and present

Prior to the ________ Revolution, in the 'Age of __________', law was understood principally as the command of a legitimate _______, and international law was seen as a command of _____, derived from ______ law.

What is the argument today in some places concerning divine rule?

Religious laws tend to be _______ and go back to the ______ Ages.

International Law: Modern

In the modern period, law has come to be seen as something contracted between _______ subjects, or their __________;

international law has been seen as the expression of the ______ will of ________.

International Law: Past and Present

In the Age of Absolutism, what was the root of all legal obligations?

Consent was constituted as a ________ source of obligation

Law was generally understood as the command of a legitimate...?

Who were monarchs subject to?

The subjects of particular states were also ruled by ________ law, which was the command of _______, who stood above the law.

Customary norms are a _______ category of international law.

These are considered ______ upon all states irrespective of whether they have ______.

However, many states _____ to these laws.

Customary norms include (3 things):

Define multilateralism.

When did multilateralism become the preferred mode of international legislation?

Why is this?

Under multilateralism, when are laws considered legitimate?

If a nation violates a multilateral law, how can the other states proceed?

Today, consent is treated as the _______ source of international legal obligation.