Recognition of States — Nature of — Conditions of — Elements of.

Boundaries — Absence of Fixed Boundaries — Effect on Jurisdiction — Question of Recognition.

Establishment of New States — Territory of New States — Recognition — Whether Constitutive or Declaratory — Recognition de jure and de facto — Implied Recognition and Recognition by Conclusion of a Treaty — Absence of Recognition by Parent State — Importance of Fixed Boundaries for the Existence of States — The Treaty of Versailles and the Establishment of Poland — Absence of Formal Cession on the Part of Russia.