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TOPIC 1
Theorists of international relations have identified states and inter-governmental organisations as the principal actors/players in the international system
Explain the following:
1 (a)
The criteria for statehood [ie, for a country to be considered a state] under international law as set out in Article 1 of the 1933 Montevideo Convent on the Rights and Duties of states
1 (b)
The nature of the sovereignty of states as set out in Article 4 of the Montevideo Convention
1 (c )
The source and nature of the legal personality or capacity of inter-governmental organisations such as the United Nations Organisation under international law
1 (d)
Compare and contrast the nature of the domestic legal system within a state, and international law that governs the conduct by states of their relations with one another
1 (e)
Explain what theorists of international politics mean when they say that the governing elites in states are “egoistic” in their human nature and how they view other states