PrepTest 155, Section 3, Question 10
With rapidly expanding populations, growing industrial development, and(456 more words not shown)
According to the passage, a(11 more words not shown)
- Acriticize existing international(6 more words not shown)
- Bprovide an explicit(9 more words not shown)
- Cestablish uniform judicial(7 more words not shown)
- Dprotect the pre-existing(10 more words not shown)
- Ehelp guarantee continued(7 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Return to the second paragraph: the commission is trying to “codify the customary principles” reflected in previous legal decisions and accepted international practice. In plain terms, write down the existing ground rules so countries can use them when creating water treaties. That's the purpose we should match.
Working the answers
- A
The articles draw on past decisions and accepted practice; they aren't introduced as a criticism of those practices. The author's later criticism of the articles is a different part of the discussion.
- BCorrect
An “explicit formulation” means putting the principles into a clear, stated form. “Commonly applied” matches their basis in customary law and accepted practice. The answer captures codification without pretending the principles were entirely new.
- C
Principles for drafting treaties aren't the same as procedures courts must follow when deciding disputes. The articles guide what agreements should provide; we aren't told they standardize how judicial proceedings are conducted.
- D
Preserving the greatest users' existing entitlements isn't identified as the commission's purpose. In fact, unfairly favoring extensive users is a consequence the author criticizes when explaining fixed allocations.
- E
Industrial growth is part of the background pressure on water supplies. The stated project is a framework for managing shared water fairly and protecting it, not a guarantee that industrial development will continue.
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