Week 9 Recognition of State Part - 1

Lecture 8

Recognition of State

  1. What is recognition?

Recognition came from ‘recognize’. The literal meaning of recognize to accept the power and authority which is to be claimed by someone.

  1. What is recognition of State?

Recognition of a state is an act by which another state acknowledges that the political entity possesses the attributes of Statehood.

  1. Theories of Recognition
  1. Constitutive Theory

An act of recognition alone which creates statehood.

Poland and Czechoslovakia were recognized by treaty of Versailles 1919.

  1. Declaratory theory

Statehood of a new government exists prior to recognition and an act of recognition is merely a formal acknowledgement.

Japan was existed before 1854.

Nepolean said, The French Republic no more needs recognition than the sun requires to be recognized.

  1. The correct view,

Recognition is a political concept, it is given on the basis of state interest. It is governed by the legal principles. It is granted on the economic, strategic and political consideration.

  1. Forms of recognition
  1. Express and implied
  2. Conditional Recognition
  3. Collective Recognition

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