POLI 4041 Lecture : POLI 4041 Final Notes/Essays
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Explain these changes & what caused them: jurisdiction the power of a court to adjudicate cases & issue orders; territory within which a court or gov"t agency may properly exercise its powers. Lotus vessel when it was in transit to turkey: when lotus returned to turkey, frenchmen were tried. Issue: what should be applied: turkish or int"l law: court used effect doctrine to claim jurisdiction, passive personality principle. Powers was released in exchange for a soviet who was detained in the. Israel claimed they were acting in self-defense (2. ) Security council to veto enforcement of cases, event to which they consented to be bound. Convention (1951: eastern european country questioned whether portions of the genocide. Institutions that cater to businesses: wto, world bank, int"l chamber of. Icj ruled that the company was a canadian person & that belgium had not standing in the case. Insecurity & confusion would arise if the icj allowed every country w/ shareholders to intervene.
