Suchergebnisse

Consuls — Privileges and immunities of — Immunity from civil suit based on action of consul in sending letter to a court as to status of a national — Such action as performance of official duties — The law of the United States of America.

Aliens — Treatment of — Bequest to non-resident alien — Restrictions under state statute on distributions from estates to aliens who might not have benefit or use of the funds — Application to beneficiaries in Soviet Union — The law of the United States of America.

Nationality — Expatriation — Employment under political subdivision of foreign State — Whether employment by municipal undertaking amounts to employment by political subdivision — Burden of proof in expatriation cases — United States Nationality Act, 1940, Section 401 — The law of the United States of America.

Aliens — Position of — Treatment by receiving State — Restriction on movement — Whether Executive order can be used to restrict movements of alien on unrestricted bail in criminal action — Effect of Involuntary entry — Scope of Foreigners Act and Foreigners Order — The law of India.

Jurisdiction — Territorial limits of — Nature and extent of jurisdiction of British Crown in Bahrain — Validity of extension to Bahrain of Colonial Prisoners Removal Act, 1869 — Conclusiveness of statement of Executive as to possession of jurisdiction by Crown — The law of England.

Treaties — Special kinds of — Treaty establishing national treatment in respect of administration of justice — Whether equal treatment in civil rights included — Franco-Chinese Treaty, 1946 — Whether Chinese national in France entitled to invoke benefit of French landlord and tenant legislation — The law of France.

Treaties — Operation of — Application to nationals of Parties — Treaty determining competence of courts of Parties in matters of succession — Whether application to national of one Party affected by fact that he also possessed nationality of a third State — The law of Switzerland

War — Effects of outbreak of — Trading with the enemy — Subject-matter of trading with the enemy legislation — Goodwill — Whether within scope of such legislation — Trading with the Enemy Act, 1939, and Distribution of German Enemy Property Act, 1949 — The law of England.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Exemptions from — Foreign States — Property of — Immunity from attachment — Absence of official Suggestion of Immunity — Fund for satisfaction of claims of American nationals against Italy — Treaty of Peace with Italy, 1947 — The law of the United States of America.

Treaties — Interpretation of — Agencies of Interpretation — Treaty Conferring Reciprocal Pension Benefits on Citizens of Contracting Parties — Claim by Citizen of One Contracting Party to Pension in Territory of Other Contracting Party — Competence to Interpret Treaty in Determining Claim — The Law of France.

Jurisdiction — Exemptions from — Foreign Armed Forces — NATO Status of Forces Agreement, June 19, 1951 — Primary Right of Jurisdiction — Waiver of Primary Right by Receiving State — Whether Executive or Judiciary of Receiving State Competent to Waive Primary Right — The Law of Italy.

State Territory — Occupation of Foreign Territory in Time of Peace — The Ryukyu Islands — Occupation Under Peace Treaty with Japan — Residual Sovereignty of Japan — Whether Okinawa a Possession of United States or a "Foreign Country" — The Law of the United States of America.

Jurisdiction — Immunity from — Foreign Armed Forces — Under Treaty — Concurrent and Primary Jurisdiction — Offence by Member of Visiting Force — Whether Committed in Performance of Official Duty — Determination by Sending State — Conclusiveness of — Waiver of Jurisdiction — The Law of the United States of America.

204Jurisdiction — Exemptions from — Foreign States — Foreign State as Guarantor of Obligation Undertaken by Foreign Municipality — Issue of Loan by Foreign Municipality — Default of Foreign Municipality — Whether Foreign Government Subject to Jurisdiction of Local Courts under Guarantee — The Law of France.

Belligerent Occupation — Judicial Functions of Occupant — Power of Occupant to Hear Appeals from Judgments Delivered before Occupation — Officer of Occupying Forces Deciding Appeal in Absence of Civil Courts — Articles 23 [h] and 43 of the Hague Regulations, 1907 — The Law of Sarawak.