ICJ Case Studies Examination Questions

1.Whether the protocol of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)-Related

  Measures for the Importation of Beef and Beef Products for the Human

  Consumption from the Territory of the Authorities Represented by the

  American Institution in Taiwan (AIT) of 2009 is a treaty or not under

  international law and municipal law ?

  (1) Had one of the contracting parties intentionally amended its municipal

      Act Governing Food Sanitation so as to override the treaty, where it

      resulted in contradicting and denunciating its treaty obligations ?

  (2) What is the response of the US concerning renunciation of the Protocol ?

      Comment and Discuss.

2.With reference to the Behring Sea Fur Seal Arbitration, explain legal

  conservation measures to encounter the overfishing and endangered living

   species problem of the world’s oceans.

3.Identify and explain at least three legal requirements, inter alia, most

  favored nations (MFN) treatment, tariff binding, national principle, a

  State must abide by after becoming a Member of the World Trade

  Organisation (WTO).

4.What is transboundary harm ? In regards to transboundary harm, explain the

  Trail Smelter Arbitration and its legal significance to the international

  environmental law.