Assimilationist and integrationist strategies seek singular national identities. In the legal sphere, they impose a unified legal and judicial system based on which of the following?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → The dominant group's traditions
Option (1) Codes inherited from the colonial administration — Incorrect. Colonial codes are not the base these strategies use. They build the law on the dominant group's traditions, because their aim is one national identity shaped by that group.
Option (2) Principles drawn from international human rights law — Incorrect. International human rights law protects the rights of all groups, minorities included. A system built on it would not serve a strategy that abolishes the alternative systems of other groups.
Option (3) The dominant group's traditions — Correct. These strategies impose a unified legal and judicial system based on the dominant group's traditions. They also abolish the alternative legal systems used by other groups.
Option (4) Common principles drawn from no single community — Incorrect. Principles drawn from no single community would treat all groups alike. The strategies do the reverse and raise the dominant group's traditions above all others.
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