CSS 2025 International Law Past Paper

Paper details

Examination

CSS

Year

2025

Subject

International Law

Paper

Single Paper

Subject type

Optional

Mode

Subjective

Questions recorded from this paper

These 7 question wordings are transcribed from CSS Vista’s structured International Law past-paper record for CSS 2025.

1. Q2 · State in General and Recognition“From the theoretical standpoint, the provision for applying the ‘general (20) principles’ sounding the death-knell of positivism”. Discuss.
2. Q4 · Settlement by the United NationsTo what extent, if at all, are the powers of the Security Council confined to the (20) contents of Chapter VI and VII of the United Nations Charter?
3. Q6 · The International Court of JusticeExplain the structure and powers of the International Court of Justice and assess (20) the importance of the principles laid down in judicial decisions of leading cases as precedents for states.
4. Q3 · International Humanitarian LawExplain the term ‘Subjects of International Law’. Whether States continues to be (20) the principal subjects of international legal relations? Also justify individuals as subject of International Law by giving appropriate examples.
5. Q5 · International Humanitarian LawDiscuss in detail Recognition in International law and its various kinds. Argue (20) with particular reference to the Constitutive Theory of Recognition and the consequences of non-recognition of government.
6. Q7 · International Humanitarian LawFrequent interventions have challenged the validity of some of the fundamental (20) principles of international law. Discuss those principles in light of recent interventions.
7. Q8 · The State and the IndividualWrite short notes on any two of the following: (10 each) (20) (a) Nature of relationship of a state with an individual (b) Territorial and Extra-Territorial asylum (c) The Nottebohm Case

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