State in International Law (Part 3) | Sovereignty! | IntlLaw Academy's lectures with Professor Dina

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In this third part of our State in International Law series, Professor Dina explores one of the most powerful and complex concepts in international law — sovereignty. This lecture explains what sovereignty means, how it operates, and how recognition gives life to a state’s identity in the international community.

What you’ll learn in this video:
• The meaning and essence of state sovereignty in international law
• The role of recognition — is it constitutive or declaratory?
• The legal effects and importance of the recognition of states
• Theories of recognition — Estrada, Bentacour, and Tobar
• The difference between de jure and de facto recognition
• The principle of non-recognition and its legal consequences
• The concept of state succession and how sovereignty continues or transfers
• Types of succession — separation, unification, dissolution, annexation, and replacement, and the legal effects on them
• The relationship between sovereignty, territory, and population
• How international law limits and defines the scope of sovereignty

This video connects theory with practice — showing how sovereignty gives the state its legal soul, yet remains shaped by international norms and recognition.

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00:00 Intro
00:18 Professore Dina's first Monologue
01:03 What is Sovereignty?
02:47 Recognition of the state and its sovereignty
08:46 The Differents types of state recognition
10:21 Principle of non-recognition
11:08 State succession and its legal effects
19:02 The relationship of sovereignty with other states' elements