Recognition of states approach
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A recognition of states approach, also known as the Estrada doctrine, is a development on the earlier recognition of governments approach whereby a government would recognize another governments. This caused political problems following an unconstitutional change in the government of another state.
It is the policy of recognizing states rather than governments. It is an alternative to the method of express recognition, in which an express statement is made according or withholding recognition after each unconstitutional change of government, and tacit recognition in which, only under exceptional circumstances, is a recognition statement made.
It was first enunciated by Mexico's foreign minister Genaro Estrada, in 1930.
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- Kindred, Hugh M., and Saunders, Phillip M., International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied in Canada Emond Montgomery Publications Limited, Seventh Edition (2006), "Chapter Two — International Legal Persons". Downloadable PDF
