PT155 S3 P2 Q10 ExplanationILC's Draft Articles

Answer choices, explained

1. A

   Out of Scope: criticize1% picked this

   criticize existing international practices resulting from past

   None of our eligible answers deal with critiquing existing international practices. They wanted to codify them (put them in writing). 1. there's a need for legal mechanisms to manage and protect resources that traverse multiple borders (i.e. rivers) 2. this codifies customary principles 3. this creates a set of guidelines for creating treaties

   1%
2. B

   Correct77% picked this

   provide an explicit formulation of some commonly applied principles of

   Why this is right

   This sounds like the 2nd of our possible answers. As we're told in the first sentence of the 2nd paragraph, the Draft Articles, ... are an attempt to codify the customary principles of international water law as those principles are manifested in past legal decisions and currently accepted international practice. Codifying something means to "put it into statutory language". Nowadays, pro-choice people talk about Congress needing to "codify Roe v. Wade" which means, "take that SCOTUS decision, which said that people can have an abortion prior to fetal viability, and write an actual law that explicitly says as much". If your workplace had a real informal sick day policy like, "Hey, man, don't come to work if you're sick", then codifying the sick policy would be sending out an email that says, "Okay, we've had some questions about what our sick policy is. Let's clarify. If you have a fever of more than 99 degrees ...." So "codify" = "provide an explicit formulation", and then the rest of the answer sounds like a synonymous match for the rest of that first sentence of the 2nd paragraph.

   Skill tested: Locate Detail · how this choice captures the passage's function is the move to repeat next time.

   77%
3. C

   Too Strong: uniform20% picked this

   establish uniform judicial procedures for deciding disputes over

   The Draft Articles seek to articulate in writing what "guiding principles" have been used, and to create a set of "guidelines", but that's looser and more malleable than saying, "We're establishing uniform (identical) judicial procedures".

   20%
4. D

   Out of Scope2% picked this

   protect the pre-existing water rights of those countries that use the

   Out of Scope: protect those who use most None of our three available answers has anything do with saying we need to protect the rights of the thirstiest countries. The passage never singles out "countries who use the most water". 1. there's a need for legal mechanisms to manage and protect resources that traverse multiple borders (i.e. rivers) 2. this codifies customary principles 3. this creates a set of guidelines for creating treaties

   2%
5. E

   Too Strong1% picked this

   help guarantee continued industrial development in countries that

   Too Strong: guarantee Out of Scope: continued industrial development None of our three possible answers resemble the idea of "guaranteeing continued industrial development". 1. there's a need for legal mechanisms to manage and protect resources that traverse multiple borders (i.e. rivers) 2. this codifies customary principles 3. this creates a set of guidelines for creating treaties

   1%