Conflict of Laws Solved MCQs for Lawyers

1. Who was not a proponent of natural law?
a) Jeremy Bentham
b) Aristotle
c) St Thomas Aquinas
d) St Augustine
e) none of these
Answer: A

2. Select one of the following which is considered as a private law?
a) administrative law
b) criminal law
c) contract law
d) the law relating to human rights
e) none of these
Answer: C

3. Which of the following European Union institutions is responsible for initiating legislation?
a) the council of the European Union
b) the court of justice of the EU
c) the European Parliament
d) the European Commission
e) none of these
Answer: D

4. Suggest the name of the following countries which do not have common law?
a) United States of America
b) France
c) Australia
d) England
e) none of these
Answer: B

5. What is the statute of law?
a) The body of laws created by Parliament in the form of legislation
b) Laws created by the judges through the deciding of cases
c) The doctrine that seeks to mitigate the harshness of the common law by deciding cases based on fairness and equality
d) The body of law that regulates the relationship between the State and its citizens
e) none of these
Answer: A

6. The English legal system refers to…
a) the legal system of the United Kingdom
b) the legal system of England, Wales, and Scotland
c) the legal system of England and Wales
d) the legal system of England only
e) none of these
Answer: C

7. Who is the father of international law?
a) Pufendorf
b) Oppenheim
c) Suarez
d) Hugo Grotius
e) none of these
Answer: D

8. What is the nationalization of foreign property?
a) A state can nationalize foreign property without compensation
b) A state can nationalize foreign property with compensation
c) A state cannot nationalize foreign property
d) All of these
e) none of these
Answer: B

9. Select which of the following is the subject of international law?
a) None of them is a subject of international law
b) Public international organizations are subjects of international law
c) Both public and private international organizations are subjects of international law
d) All of these
e) none of these
Answer: A

10. What is the meaning of the jus cogens principle?
a) A state is bound by the provisions of a forced treaty
b) A successor state is bound by the acts of a predecessor state
c) A peremptory norm of international law
d) All of these
e) none of these
Answer: C

11. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in…
a) 1958
b) 1948
c) 1978
d) 1966
e) none of these
Answer: B

12. The Estrada Doctrine relates to…
a) Jurisdiction over aliens
b) Delimitation of boundaries
c) Recognition of a government
d) Recognition of a state
Answer: D