Boucher (Widow) v. C.A.T.I. and La Préservatrice..

Abstract

International law — Relation to municipal law — Treaties — Need for municipal legislation — Effect of French Law authorizing ratification of Treaty of Independence for Vietnam before publication in Journal officiel — Events leading to independence of Vietnam — Whether French law or Indochinese law on industrial accidents applied in period before ratification and publication of Treaty of Independence — The law of France.

Treaties — Conclusion and operation of — Enforcement of — Necessity for municipal legislation — Effect of French law authorizing ratification of Treaty of Independence for Vietnam before publication in Journal officiel — Events leading to independence of Vietnam — Whether French Law or Indochinese law on industrial accidents applied in period between ratification and publication of Treaty of Independence — The law of France.

States as international persons — In general — Beginning of State existence — Events leading to independence of Vietnam — French national killed in Vietnam — Whether French law on compensation for industrial accidents applied to accident after ratification of treaty of independence was authorized by French law but before its publication in the Journal officiel — The law of France.