International Law
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until recent times only states were subjects of international law. Today, other entities, such as intergovernmental organisations are also accepted as international persons with rights and duties under international law. The state, however, remains the principal actor in the international arena and the recent victory of the international legal system. It is therefore necessary to consider how entities claiming to be states are accepted into the community of nations as full subjects of international law. International law is a product of European Christian civilisation and was for many centuries a European law of nations. When a new state appeared in Europe, it was received into the community by the old members of the European Society of Nations. After the decolonisation of the Americas, non European Christian states were admitted to the Quote Club with the admission of Turkey to the community of Nations in 18 56 international law ceased to be a law between Christian states only thereafter. Non European non Christian states such as Japan, China, Siam and Persia were accepted as states. The creation of the League of Nations and later the United Nations provided a new mechanism for the collective admission of states to the international community. Although the existing states retained the right to admit new members by unilateral acts of recognition on their part, there is no doubt that the League of Nations and the United Nations have both facilitated and accelerated the process of international acceptance.