After the elements of "state", we come to another crucial issue: the recognition of states. Is it an inherent right of a state to recognize another state? In China, 1949, there were some special rules of state recognition.
Question:
What is reverse recogniton? What`s the significance of recognition of states in international soceity?
Readings
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Kenneth W. Dam,Extraterritoriality and Conflicts ofJurisdiction, American Society of International Law370-377 (1983).
George H.AldrichSource,Jurisdiction of theInternational Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The AmericanJournal of International Law64-69(1996).
Steve Lubet,Extradition Reform: Executive Discretion andJudicial Participation in the Extradition of Political Terrorists,Cornell International Law Journal 247(1982).
Anthony Sammons,Under-Theorization ofUniversal Jurisdiction: Implications for Legitimacy on Trials of War Criminalsby National Courts, Berkeley Journal of International Law111 (2003).
Bruce Broomhall,Towards the Development of anEffectiveSystem of Universal Jurisdiction forCrimes Under International Law,NewEngland Law Review 399(2000).
Harold G. Maier,Interest Balancing and ExtraterritorialJurisdiction, The American Journal of Comparative Law579-597(1983).

