Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

International Context

Question:
Assertion: International law ended up becoming truly 'international' in the initial decades after World War II.
Reasoning: There was rapid decolonization in the initial decades after World War II leading to the formation of numerous independent states which infused the European dominated ideas and practices of international law with their own diverse cultures and influences
Options:
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.
Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.
Correct Answer:
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
Explanation:
International law ended up becoming truly 'international' in the initial decades after World War II, owing to the rapid decolonization that took place then, leading to the formation of numerous independent states which infused the European dominated ideas and practices of international law with their own diverse cultures and influences. At the same time, international organizations such as the League of Nations and the United Nations came into existence in the aftermath of World War I and World War II respectively, thus marking an era of a new form of international law in which organizations such as UN along with its organs would have a significant role