The Validity of the Term "State" in a De Facto Context
... only develop into a state with the agreement of other states.”[vi] Nevertheless constitutive theorists decline to specify how many states need recognise an entity in order for its incipient statehood to become valid; this leaves the status of partially recognised states ambiguous.[vii] This ambiguity is part of a recent trend concerning the contemporary inconsistency in the application of international law, especially in the fields of the application of military force and state recognition. A precedent cited constantly by de facto authority officials regarding the issue of recognition is that of Kosovo, considering the latter was recognised ...