CSS International Law Past Paper 2017

Instructions specific to this paper

• Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Part-II questions

1. Q. 220 marks

   International Law is Oxymoronic. Argue.

2. Q. 320 marks

   Explain the basic difference between Primary and Subsidiary sources of International Law.

3. Q. 420 marks

   How can good offices and mediation help in avoiding influence of Security Council’s highhandedness? Analyze.

4. Q. 520 marks

   How does International Law deal with POWs? Explain with examples.

5. Q. 620 marks

   Under Vienna Convention how would you define treaty, its major features and conditions of termination of a treaty?

6. Q. 720 marks

   What are the Jurisdictional constraints to the right of self-determination in context to Montevideo Convention on the recognition of state?

7. Q. 820 marks

   Write short notes on any TWO of the following: (10 each) (a) Nature of relationship of a state with an individual. (b) International Soft Law. (c) Collective use of Force.

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Source:

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Standard FPSC instructions

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• Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
• All the parts (if any) of each question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
• Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the question paper.
• No page/space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of the Answer Book must be crossed.
• Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.