Société Schiffsgemeinschaft Alb-Murg and Others

Abstract

State responsibility — Nature and kinds of — For wrongs unconnected with contractual obligations — Acts and omissions of State organs and officials — Executive action or inaction — Barrage over international river formed by striking watermen — Failure of municipal authorities to remove — Whether State liable to foreign shipping companies suffering loss — Principle of equality before public authorities — The law of France

State territory — Parts of — Rivers — International rivers — The principle of freedom of navigation on international rivers — Limits — Public policy — Barrage over river established by striking watermen — Failure of municipal authorities to remove — Whether State liable to foreign shipping companies suffering loss — Principle of equality before public authorities — Convention of Luxembourg on Canalization of Moselle, 1956 — The law of France