States as international persons — State succession — Continuity of the law — Judgments of courts — Pending actions — Algeria — Franco-Algerian Judicial Protocol, 1962 (Article 18) — Retention by French Court of Cassation and Conseil d'État of jurisdiction in certain categories of action — Decisions of French administrative authorities in Algeria prior to independence in exercise of powers transferred to Algerian State — Whether French Conseil d'État competent to adjudicate on actions for excés de pouvoir — The law of France.