Shehadeh et al. v. Commissioner of Prisons, Jerusalem.

Abstract

States — Continuity of — Changes in Government.

Mandates — Nature of — Sovereignty in Mandated Territory — Treaty-making Power — Palestine and Lebanon.

Mandates — Termination of — Succession of Treaty Rights and Obligations — Lebanon.

Territory — Limits of — Determination by Municipal Courts — Recognition of Boundaries by Executive — Evidence.

Extradition — Treaties of Extradition — State Succession.

State Succession — Treaties — Change from Mandated Territory to Independent Republic — Obligation under Treaty of Extradition — State Territory — Limits of — Evidence — Mandates — Nature of — Lebanon and Palestine.