A tax payable to a state at the place of import of a foreign good
What is a tariff?
100
In this 1936 case, the US Supreme Court held that the power to make treaties is one of the powers vested in the federal government, as necessary concomitance of nationality
What is United States v. Curtiss-Wright?
100
The law of nations was recognized by the Romans as early as the 2nd centiry when Gaius wrote of a law "common to all men"
What is jus gentium?
100
This religious text serves as the foundation of much of Islamic law
What is the Quran?
100
This theory maintains a state does not exist until other states recognize it
What is the constitutive theory?
200
These kind of economic policies often through the use of tariffs and subsidies, seek to provide domestic industries with advantages over foreign competitors.
What are protectionist policies?
200
This well known 1900 case resolved a conflict over two fishing smacks
What is the Paquete Habana?
200
This medieval body of customary legal rules is likely responsible for the striking similarity between the laws of national and international trade
What is lex mercatoria?
200
In Islamic law, the ethical quality of acts should be found through this process
What is itjihad?
200
In this scenario, a government functions in control and practice, but it is not constitutionally recognized
What is de facto governance?
300
A world trading system was first envisioned at this conference following WWII
What is Bretton Woods?
300
In this 1980 case, Judge Kauffman used comparative analysis of 55 national constitutions to provide a rule of customary international paw prohibiting torture
What is Filartiga v. Pena Irala?
300
Nobody told the Elder Things when the built with the Shoggoth the great Stone City, that Antarctica was this type of territory
What is res communis?
300
This is the word for trained scholars interpretation of the law
What is Fiqh?
300
After political upheaval in the early 20th century, the revolutionaries in this country argued that they were not bond by their preceding government's treaties
What is the Soviet Union? (What is the U.S.S.R.?)
400
This country is the most frequent WTO claimant (litigant), appearing as a claimant 80 times and as a respondent in 88 cases
What is the United States of America?
400
In this 1924 case, the court struck down a Seattle city ordinance that violated a 1911 friendship, commerce and navigation treaty between the US and Japan
What is Asakura v. Seattle?
400
Under municipal law, this doctrine excuses performance of contracts, that while are not impossible, the purpose is frustrated
What is rebus sic stantibus?
400
This Arabic term means to respect the established precedents of a given school of thought
What is taqlid?
400
This theory maintains that a state can exist even without international recognition
What is a declaratory theory?
500
A complex set of more than 100 agreements revised on a periodic basis, aiming at the moderation of national foreign trade policies, to ensure, the unencumbered flow of international commerce
What is the GATT?
500
In 2004, the US Supreme Court set some judicial limits on the executive branch and its assertions of extraordinary authority with this trio of cases (name at least two).
What are Hamdi, Rasul and Padilla?
500
While thee may not mind these gaps in London, they certainly pose a problem in Paris
What are lacunae?
500
Arabic term for "a clear path"
What is Shari' a?
500
This Middle Eastern state is recognized de jure by many countries, but does not actually control any land.