POLC38H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Montevideo Convention, Sovereign State, Scots Law
5 Jan 2018
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States, individuals & the idea of jurisdiction: chapter 4 indicated these were the 3 actors in the legal system, states are the most important actors when it comes to int law. Int criminal law one of the two times individual actors involved or convention about states. Two main ways to acquire status of being a state in int legal system. Recognition of other states = only thing required for statehood to become. Not subject to recognition of other states. Only subject to meeting the criteria listed. However, in all cases, you need a bit of both to be a. The more you have of one the less you need of the other: you need a bit of both. This quote explains the cases of places like transnistria (meets montevideo criteria) & Transnistria meets the montevideo req but not considered by int community to be a state. It is a legal state under declaratory theory.
