States as international persons — Composite and dependent States and territories — Protected States and protectorates — French protectorate over Tunisia — Treaty of Bardo, 1881 (Article 3) — Obligation to protect ruling dynasty — Assassination of heir presumptive — Alleged negligence by police under authority of French Resident — Whether engaging responsibility of French State — Whether justiciable by Conseil d'État — The law of France.

International law in general — Relation to municipal law — Relations with foreign States — Whether justiciable before municipal law courts — Treaty of Bardo, 1881 — French Protectorate in Tunisia — Duty to protect ruling dynasty — Assassination of member — Alleged default by police under authority of French Resident — Whether breach of treaty — Whether justiciable by Conseil d'État — The law of France.

International law — Relation to municipal law — Jurisdiction of courts — Acts performed by governmental authorities in pursuance of international obligations — Restoration of property of Hungarian origin by French authorities in Austria — Whether French authorities acted in name of Germany and in execution of directives of Allied authorities in Berlin — Whether acting on behalf of Austria in performing obligations under Hungarian Peace Treaty to which Austria not a party — Whether acting in execution of French obligations under Hungarian Peace Treaty to which France not a party — Whether within jurisdiction of French Administrative Courts — The law of France.

International law in general — Relation to municipal law — Jurisdiction of courts — Actions putting in issue acts of foreign governmental authorities in pursuance of international agreements — Whether within jurisdiction of French Administrative Courts — The law of France.

States as international persons — Composite States — Unions of States — Federal States — Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland — Whether member States of Federation retain separate identity — Meaning of “Government” in relation to Federal States — The law of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

States as international persons — Composite and dependent States and territories — French Community — Central African Republic — Decisions of administrative authorities — Supervisory jurisdiction of French courts between attainment of autonomy as member of French Community and accession to independence — Whether continued in absence of special agreement — The law of France.

The individual in international law — Aliens — Position of — Treatment by and responsibilities of the receiving State — French Community agreement providing for access by nationals of member States to judicial tribunals on basis of reciprocity — Whether involving assimilation to French nationals for purposes of French internal legislation — The law of France.

States as international persons — Composite and dependent States and territories — Unions of States — French Community — Status of member States — Malagasy Republic — Whether fully sovereign and independent — Agreement providing for access by nationals of member States to judicial tribunals on basis of reciprocity — Defamation action by Malagasy Minister of Finance in France — Whether reciprocity agreement involved assimilation of Malagasy Minister to French Minister for purposes of French legislation — The law of France.

States as international persons — Composite and dependent States and territories — Protected States and protectorates — Tunis — Authorities acting on behalf of Tunisian State while French Protectorate — Whether deemed to be acting on behalf of French State — The law of France.

States as international persons — Composite and dependent States and territories — Protected States and protectorates — Franco-Tunisian Judicial Convention, 1957 — Abolition of French courts in Tunisia — Whether court officials entitled to compensation — Whether officials of Tunisian public service — The law of France.

States as international persons — Composite and dependent States and territories — Protected States and Protectorates — Whether French courts had supervisory jurisdiction over act of administrative authority of Protectorate of Morocco — The law of France.

States as international persons — State succession — Continuity of the law — Judgments of courts — Pending actions — Jurisdiction of Conseil d'État — Cameroon — Termination of Trusteeship Agreement — Whether jurisdiction of Conseil d'État thereby abolished — Whether competence in respect of actions begun against French administrative authorities in Cameroon prior to independence retained — The law of France.

States as international persons — Composite and dependent States and territories — Mandated and Trust Territories — Rights and duties of Administering Authority — Jurisdiction of courts — Termination — French Cameroon — Termination of Trusteeship Agreement — General Assembly Resolution No. 1349 (XIII) of 1959 — Jurisdiction of French Conseil d'État — Whether abolished on termination of Trusteeship Agreement — The law of France.

States as international persons — State succession — With regard to contractual and other obligations and concessions — Viet-Nam — Water concession in Hanoi — Whether transferred to State of Vietnam — Whether French State liable to pay compensation for cancellation — Franco — Vietnamese Exchange of Notes, 1949 — Interpretation by French Minister for Foreign Affairs — The law of France.

Treaties — Interpretation of — Agencies of interpretation — Courts — Jurisdiction of French courts to interpret treaties except when they raise issues of international ordre public — Evian Agreements of 1962 — Declaration of Principles regarding Economic and Financial Cooperation (Article 18) — Whether French Courts competent to interpret Declaration — The law of France.

States as international persons — State succession — Independence of Algeria — Requisitioning of French private property effected by French authorities prior to independence — Payment of compensation — Franco-Algerian Declaration of Principles concerning Economic and Financial Co-operation, 1962 (Article 18) — Whether French or Algerian State liable to pay compensation — The law of France.

States as international persons — State succession — Continuity of the law — Judgments of courts — Pending actions — Jurisdiction of Conseil d'État — Republic of Chad — Retention of jurisdiction pending establishment of administrative courts in Member States of French Community — Termination of transitional period — Whether Conseil d'État retained competence in respect of pending actions — The law of France.

Treaties — Interpretation of — Agencies of interpretation — Judicial tribunals — Minister for Foreign Affairs — Franco — Algerian Judicial Protocol, 1962 (Article 18) — Competence of French courts — Decisions of French administrative authorities in Algeria prior to independence — Whether French Conseil d’Etat competent to adjudicate on actions for excès de pouvoir — Whether official interpretation of Treaty necessary — The law of France.

States as international persons — State Succession — Continuity of the law — Judgments of courts — Pending actions — Algeria — Franco-Algerian Judicial Protocol, 1962 (Article 18) — Rentention of jurisdiction of French Court of Cassation and Conseil d'État 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 excès de pouvoir actions — Whether official interpretation of Treaty necessary — The law of France.

States as international persons — State succession — Continuity of the law — Judgments of courts — Pending actions — Jurisdiction of Conseil d'État — Madagascar — Franco-Malagasy Agreement on Transitional Provisions Governing the Administration of Justice, 1960 — Retention of appellate jurisdiction from Malagasy Administrative Courts — Whether competence in respect of action against decisions of French Administration in Madagascar prior to independence retained — The law of France.

States as international persons — State succession — Continuity of law — Judgments of courts — Cession of French possessions in India — Franco-Indian Treaty of 1956 — Competence of Conseil d'État — Whether competent to hear actions commenced after 1 November 1954 — The law of France.

States as international persons — State succession — Continuity of the law — Judgments of courts — Independence of Guinea — Claims against former French Administration — Whether French administrative courts competent after date of independence — The law of France.

States — Continuity of — Czechoslovakia — Effect of incorporation in German Reich — Significance of recognition received by Czechoslovak Government-in-exile in London — Concept of temporary extinction of a State — Whether possible to identify re-established State with former State by legal fiction.

Treaties — Conclusion of — Conditions of validity of — Duress — Munich Agreement, 1938 — Lack of consent of Czechoslovak Constituent Assembly — Whether Agreement void ab initio or became invalid subsequently.

State territory — In general — Effects of changes of sovereignty — Legal identity of municipalities after change of sovereignty — Validity of Munich Agreement, 1938 — Property rights of municipalities and change of sovereignty — Identity of municipality after change of population — Whether State can expropriate its own administrative districts — The law of Czechoslovakia — The law of Germany.

The individual in international law — Nationality — Statelessness Refugees — Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees, 1951 — Whether refugee must be treated as French national for purposes of jurisdiction of French courts — The law of France.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Over foreigners — Refugees — Geneva Convention on Status of Refugees, 1951 — Whether refugee must be treated as French national for purposes of jurisdiction of French courts — The law of France.