International Law Trivia

1. One of the most multi-layered laws of all was found in Ancient Greece. It combined female behaviour codes, alcohol, and class reinforcement all in one. What was it?

From Quiz Sumptuary Laws

Answer: Women could not go out with more than one maid unless drunk

This law reinforced the societal standards of the time that free women were expected to act with decorum, discreetness and modesty at all times. To a degree though, this law also reinforced the differences in class, because it applied to free middle class women only, those who comprised the majority of the "middle class" between the rich and the poor. Those very rich, those in bondage, and the very poor didn't appear to rate a mention. Free women were also not allowed out in the city at night and were banned from wearing gold jewellery or richly embroidered clothing. That, the law stated, marked them as prostitutes.

From Quiz Five Ways To Break The Law

Answer: Pilot

There is a degree of sense to this law, you can see that an 80 year old might no longer have the reflexes or eyesight needed to pilot a plane. However, why 80, why not 70, or even 60. Most countries make commercial airline pilots retire at 60 or 65, thinking it is too hazardous for them to fly a plane full of hundreds of passengers after that. Most however do not have an upper age for holders of a private pilot's licence or an upper age limit to start private flying lessons.

From Quiz Right or Wrong?

Answer: Extra taxes

The Constitution of Medina was written by Muhammad himself. In exchange for paying extra taxes it guaranteed freedom of worship and rights to Jews, Christians and even various pagan religions which existed at that time. Among the sixty-three rulings included in this early form of constitution, this remarkable document also dealt with the security and rights of women, set in place steps to stabilise the various tribal factions, and granted protection and rights to individuals.

From Quiz International Child Abduction Law

Answer: 81st

A country may be defined as a "contracting state" if it was a signatory state or has ratified, entered into force or acceded to the Convention. The four original "signatory" states did so on October 25, 1980 and they are Canada, France, Greece and Switzerland.

From Quiz International Law

Answer: Civil Aviation

The Chicago convention established the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as a special organization of the UN. It has been agreed, for example, that every plane, similar to every ship, needs to be registered in its country of origin.

From Quiz History of International Law

Answer: King Solomon

The story of the arrival of the Queen of Sheba can be found in the 1st Book of Kings, Chapter 10. Ancient accounts describing the protocols for diplomacy were also produced by the ancient Greeks, Indians and Chinese.

From Quiz Courts of Law

Answer: The Hague

The seat of the court is at The Hague, Netherlands, but it may hold sessions elsewhere whenever it considers it desirable. Its first session was held at The Hague in April and May 1946. All members of the United Nations are ipso facto parties to the statute of the International Court of Justice, and non-members may also become parties to the statute on conditions to be determined in each case by the UN General Assembly upon recommendation of the Security Council.

From Quiz Five Ways To Break The Law

Answer: Daemon

The French parents decided to name their child Daemon after a character in "The Vampire Diaries". However the French Civil Code states that parents can be prosecuted if they name their child something that is considered "contrary to the interests of the child". In 2000 a family were prevented calling their child Megan Renaude because the Family Court decided it was too reminiscent of the Renault Megane car. Whilst some may feel that state interference in naming a child may be verging on draconian it does at least mean that children in France grow up free of names such as Fairydust Trixibell, or Opium Poppy Dream. Whether naming your child after an entire cup-winning football team, as has happened in the UK, would be viewed as contrary to the interests of the child is not known.

From Quiz International Child Abduction Law

Answer: 16

The language of the Convention gives no reason why this particular age was chosen for the definition of a "child".

From Quiz History of International Law

Answer: Gaius

It was Gaius, the Aristotelean scholar who in the "Institute of Gaius" provided this early distinction. His work was later used and reinforced by Justinian in the creation of his famous Code.

From Quiz Five Ways To Break The Law

Answer: Forget their wife's birthday

Well, as all married men know forgetting your wife's birthday is a crime anywhere in the world, whether or not the law says so. Forgetting your wedding anniversary is as well, in fact all the answers are a crime in the eyes of your wife. In Samoa, however, it is actually illegal to forget your wife's birthday, although presumably no-one actually knows unless she is so cross with you that she reports it to the police. However, just saying "Happy Birthday" is enough; that proves you didn't forget. Samoan men do not have to actually give their wife a present, or take her out for dinner. Some laws just don't go far enough.

From Quiz Right or Wrong?

Answer: French

This declaration in its basic form declared that the rights of all men were universal, and applicable at all times and in all places. It was adopted by the French National Assembly during that country's great revolution (1789-1799) when its entire way of life changed forever. It was based on the ideals which were given birth during the Age of Enlightenment in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Declaration of the Rights of Man in its turn eventually led to the birth of the French constitution and modern France.

From Quiz International Child Abduction Law

Answer: Find a more sympathetic court.

A typical case may be one in which a family court in Mexico grants custody of a child to a spouse and the other spouse takes the child to the U.S. in order to get a favorable custody order there.

From Quiz International Law

Answer: 200 nautical miles

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS, 1982) states that countries shall have the 'sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the waters superjacent to the seabed and of the seabed and its subsoil, and with regard to other activities for the economic exploitation and exploration of the zone, such as the production of energy from the water, currents and winds' (Art. 56) in a breadth of 200 nautical miles from the coast baseline (i.e. 12 nautical miles from the coast).

From Quiz History of International Law

Answer: Ius gentium

"Ius gentium" is generally translated as "the law of nations" and prescribed how citizens who lived in the empire should be treated. The "ius civile" or municipal law applied in the state of Rome itself. The "lex talionis" is the law of punishment and retribution, and "dominium" is the concept of ownership.

From Quiz Courts of Law

Answer: Strasbourg

It's in France. On November 4, 1950, the Council of Europe agreed to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the substantive provisions of which are based on a draft of what is now the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Together with its five additional protocols, this convention, which entered into force on September 3, 1953, represents the most advanced and successful international experiment in the field. The instrumentalities created under the European convention are the European Commission of Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights. The convention also makes use of the governmental organ of the Council of Europe, the Committee of Ministers.

From Quiz Sumptuary Laws

Answer: Bells

This law was brought into being during the Fatimid caliphate in Egypt. This was an Islamic Shiite rule that covered a large area in North Africa, with its main centre at Cairo. It lasted from 909 until 1171 when the country was invaded by the mighty Saladin. During the rule of the Fatimid caliphate, Jews and other non-Muslims had to wear medallions around their necks, special shoes, armbands, patches and other identifying marks, including the addition of conical hats and bells on belts for the Jews, to identify them as being non-Muslim.

From Quiz Five Ways To Break The Law

Answer: Hit him with a stick

Any Dane who sees anyone from Sweden arrive in the country by walking across the frozen sea can hit him with a stick. Although they are friends now, Denmark and Sweden were, at one time, at war with each other, and this law dates back to then. Although Denmark and Norway have also fought each other at various times, the law does not mention Norwegians, so if a Norwegian walks across the frozen sea to Sweden he will presumably be greeted cordially. The Oresund Bridge now connects Denmark and Sweden, so there is no actual need for anyone to risk walking across a frozen sea in either direction.

From Quiz Right or Wrong?

Answer: Natural rights are not man-made

Natural rights are universal and apply to everyone on the face of the planet, but more particularly, they are not based on legal direction. They are the pure, moral and inalienable rights of everyone. The right to life is an example of a natural right. Unfortunately however, in many countries of the world, natural rights are still very much abused by those in power. One day perhaps that will all change. Legal rights are created by man and based on a society's laws, values and customs. Aren't you glad you're not a lawyer, politician or philosopher trying to work out all the fine distinctions between those two categories of rights?

From Quiz International Child Abduction Law

Answer: It doesn't.

"Habitual residence" is not precisely defined by the Convention. It is generally considered by the surrounding facts to be the country of the child's normal and usual place of residence. As there is no precise definition, American lawyers have to look to case law for this. The definition may be found at page 1073 of Mozes v. Mozes, 239 F.3d 1067 (US 9th Cir. 2001).

From Quiz History of International Law

Answer: The discovery of a complete copy of Justinian's Code in Pisa

The discovery of Justinian's comprehensive text led to the establishment of a highly influential School of Law in Bologna.

From Quiz Courts of Law

Answer: Luxembourg

In Luxembuurg. The EEC (the forerunner of the European Union) was established in the wake of World War II to develop the economies of the member states into one large common market, and to try to develop a political union of the states of western Europe capable of alleviating their fears of war with each other. Plans for a common market in western Europe had been discussed in 1955 at a meeting in Messina, Sicily; the treaty was finally signed in March 1957, and the EEC came into operation on Jan. 1, 1958. The four primary structural organs of the EEC were the Commission, the Council of Ministers, the European Court of Justice (NOT to be confused with the European Court of Human Rights) and the European Parliament.

From Quiz Five Ways To Break The Law

Answer: Mow your lawn

It is illegal to mow your lawn on a Sunday in Switzerland in case you cause too much disturbance to your neighbours. It is also illegal to wash your car or hang out washing on a Sunday for the same reasons. The Swiss are very keen on not offending their neighbours. If you live in an apartment block, semi-detached property or any form of shared property it is illegal to flush your toilet after 10pm at night.

From Quiz International Law

Answer: signatory parties have to extend equal trading privileges to all other signatories

It means that if you extend special treatment to one country, you have to extend it to all other countries too. WTO/GATT had 149 members in early 2006.

From Quiz Courts of Law

Answer: San Jose, Costa Rica

In 1948, concurrent with its establishment of the Organization of American States (OAS), the Ninth Pan-American Conference adopted the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man, an instrument similar to, but coming a full seven months before, the Universal Declaration of the United Nations and setting out the duties as well as the rights of the individual citizen (a throwback, perhaps, to Greco-Roman and medieval natural law theories). Subsequently, in 1959, a meeting of consultation of the American Ministers for Foreign Affairs created, within the framework of the OAS, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which has since undertaken important investigative activities concerning human rights in the Americas. Finally, in 1969, the Inter-American Specialized Conference on Human Rights, meeting in San Jose, Costa Rica, adopted the American Convention on Human Rights, which made the existing Inter-American Commission on Human Rights an organ for the convention's implementation and established the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which sits in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica.

From Quiz Sumptuary Laws

Answer: Low necklines

Low necklines, you see, required lace trimming and fancy jewels to set off the uncovered flesh to the best advantage. Most of these laws aimed expressly at women were expressed in religious or moral terms, but one is inclined to think that religion and morals had little to do with it, and that the laws were financially based instead. Precious metals, jewels, furs and expensive materials all had strict guidelines that the ladies, usually the consumers of such products were expected to follow. Excessive purchase of these products (many of which were made in other countries and distant lands) by a class of people very large in number, saw too much of a nation's capital reserves flowing out of the country.

From Quiz Five Ways To Break The Law

Answer: An uncaged bear

Quite why anyone would want to drive with a uncaged bear in their car is a mystery; however presumably at least one person has done it otherwise there would be no need to have a law against it. It's unlikely that anyone who tried it would actually live long enough to be prosecuted. Alligators, moose and snakes though are fine.

From Quiz Right or Wrong?

Answer: United States Declaration of Independence

The United States Declaration of Independence was a document compiled by representatives from the thirteen original American colonies claiming independence from the control of the British Empire. Adopted by congress in 1776, it not only listed the colonies' grievance against the British King at that time, George III, it also demanded various natural and legal rights for American colonists. This document is one of the most famous documents in the world, not only for its historical impact, but also for its emphasis on, and the clarity of, its demand for human rights. With a nod to the influence of the English philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) for his works during the Age of Enlightenment, the Declaration of Independence was drafted in the main by the great Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). Locke's original wording when speaking of human rights was "...life, liberty and estate...". Founding Father George Mason's (1725-1792) wording when he drafted an earlier Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776 was "...life and liberty, and the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety...". Thomas Jefferson however, in agreement with Benjamin Franklin, agreed that the concept of property should be downplayed in the new document. The result was the beautiful, and poetical sounding clarion call for human rights, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness".

From Quiz International Law

Answer: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

The declaration, made in 1948, played a very important part in recognizing individuals, not only countries and organizations, as subjects of the international law.

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