The Recognition of States : Law and Practice in Debate and Evolution.

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Thomas D. Grant examines the Great Debate over state recognition, tracing its eclipse, and identifying trends in contemporary international law that may explain the lingering persistence of the terms of that debate. Although writers have generally accepted the declaratory view as more accurate than its old rival, the judicial sources often cited to support the declaratory view do not on scrutiny do so as decisively as commonly assumed. Contemporary doctrinal preference requires explanation. Declaratory doctrine, in its apparent diminution of the role state discretion plays in recognition, is i.  Read more... Contents Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Once-Great Debate and Its Rivals 2 The Declaratory Preference Examined 3 Doctrines of Recognition: Textual Evidence 4 Criteria for Recognition or Criteria for Statehood? 5 An Unsolved Problem: The Process of Recognition 6 The Yugoslav Recognition Crisis Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index.