State of the Netherlands v. Federal Reserve Bank.

Abstract

Belligerent Occupation — Nature of — Sovereignty Over Occupied Territory — Power of an Absent Sovereign — Decree of Government-in-Exile Effectively Transferring Title to Assets Situated in Enemy-Occupied Territory — Confiscation of Private Property by Belligerent Occupant — Recognition of — Validity of Acts of Foreign Governments Affecting Property Within their Territorial Jurisdictions — Situs of Debt — Whether Inseparable from the Situs of Certificates — Effect of Legislation of Government-in-Exile which Interferes with Occupant’s Legitimate Rule — Whether Legitimate Sovereign Entitled to Enact Legislation over Occupied Territory which does not Conflict with the Legitimate Rule of the Belligerent Occupant — Effect of Articles 43 and 46 of the Hague Regulations.