Chaurand v. Agent Judiciaire Du Trésor Public.

Abstract

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.