The International Legal Status of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta
Karol Karski — The International Legal Status of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (2012)Karol Karski · 2012 · Article · AbstractDisputedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0452 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Sovereign Military Order of Malta (sovereignty without territory) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Legal scholarship generally treats the Order of Malta as a subject of international law; Karski argues that it is a secondary rather than a sovereign subject, because as a Catholic religious order it is subordinate to the Pope.”
Context. The Order describes itself as sovereign; Karski's view that it is not a sovereign subject is one position in a contested debate.
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