ENG ELC 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Montevideo Convention, Legal Personality, State Immunity
30 Sep 2020
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Iel chapter 5 : states as subjects of international law. Concept of personality= there should be an entity capable of exercising intl rights and duties. 5. 1 introduction : the nature of the state. Legal personality binary can have diff categories of legal subjects. In il number of subjects is limited; dominated by one category above all= states. For a long time, states were the only subjects of il. The concept of states is important for defining the relations between individuals both on the national and international levels. States enjoy full objective legal personality and legal capacity: rights, obligations, powers (w/in the legal system) Other entities such as igos, ngos, individuals,, derive their legal personality and are considered as subjects under il through conferral or recognition by states. Intl orgs have limited capacities to act under il bc of their delegated personality.
