International Law — Subjects of — Committee of Private Persons Set Up by International Convention — Committee of Private Persons Participating in International Agreements — War — Effects of Outbreak of — Treaties Concerning Private Law Matters.

Jurisdiction — Exemption from — Foreign States — Immunity from Execution — Economic Activities.

International Court of Justice — Judgments of — Execution of — Enforcement by Municipal Courts — The Law of Belgium.

International Law — Relation to Municipal Law — Authority of Judgment of Permanent Court of International Justice before a Municipal Court — Jurisdiction — Exemption from — Foreign States — Immunity from Execution — Economic Activities.

Treaties — Operation of — Whether Part of Municipal Law — Agreement providing for Compensation for Damage Caused by Occupying Power — Claims by Individuals for Payment of Compensation — Competence of Municipal Courts — The Law of Austria.

International Law — Relation to Municipal Law — Whether Agreement between Governments Confers Benefits on Individuals — Claims Settlement Agreement of June 21, 1947, between Governments of United States of America and Austria — Competence of Municipal Courts to Determine Claims by Individuals — The Law of Austria.

International Law and Municipal Law — Interpretation of Municipal Statute — Duty of Court to Apply Municipal Statute even if Contrary to International Law.

Treaties — Conflict with Municipal Law — Municipal Law Enacted after Treaty — Whether Provisions of Treaty or Municipal Law Apply — The Law of Luxemburg.

International Law — Relation to Municipal Law — Municipal Law in Conflict with Treaty — Municipal Law Enacted Subsequent to Treaty — Whether Provisions of Treaty or Municipal Law Apply — The Law of Luxemburg.

Treaties — Operation of — Absence of Express Incorporation into Municipal Law — Applicability of Geneva Conventions on Treatment of Prisoners of War — The Law of Luxemburg.

War — Enforcement of Laws of — Punishment of War Crimes — Whether War Criminals Entitled to Privileges of Prisoners of War — The Law of Luxemburg.

International Law — Relation to Municipal Law — Treaties and Generally Recognized Rules of International Law — Geneva Conventions on Treatment of Prisoners of War — The Law of Luxemburg.

International Law — Comity — Distinguished from Reciprocity — Recognition of Certificate Issued by Foreign Private Professional Society.

States — Extinction of — Attributes of Statehood — Indian States Absorbed by the Union of India — The Law and Constitution of India.

Recognition — Of States — Absence of Recognition — Effect of — Withdrawal of Recognition — Indian State Absorbed by Union of India — Attributes of Statehood — The Constitution and Law of India.

Statehood — Beginning of State Existence — Existence of a State Notwithstanding Non-Recognition — Protection of Rights of — Succession of States — Extinction of States — British Commonwealth of Nations — Indian States — The Union of India — Merger with — The Constitution and The Law of India.

States — Sovereignty and Independencé — State-Owned Foreign Company — Whether a Foreign “National” — Cautio judicatum solvi — Actions of a Private Law Character — Whether Covered by Hague Convention on Civil Procedure, 1905.

States — Sovereignty and Independence — Dignity — Foreign Sovereigns — The Law of Peru.

Jurisdiction — Jurisdiction over Subjects’ Property Situated Abroad — Exterritorial Effect of Confiscatory Decrees.

War — Trading with the Enemy — Trading with the Enemy Act 1939 — Inchoate Sale Agreement Made before Act but Retroactively Validated after Act — Whether within the Mischief of the Act — Patents, Designs, Copyright and Trade Marks (Emergency) Act, 1939 — Purpose of the Act — Enemy character of Copyright Owner — Effect of Act on his Power to Grant Licences — Powers of Comptroller under the Act.

Enemy Character — Of Persons — Patents, Designs, Copyright and Trade Marks (Emergency) Act, 1939 — Enemy Character of Owner of Copyright — Whether Once an Enemy Always an Enemy for the Purposes of the Act — Effect of Act on Power of Enemy or Ex-enemy to Deal with his Own Property — Powers of Comptroller under the Act.

Recognition of Acts of Foreign Governments — Exterritorial Effect of Confiscatory Decrees — Whether Sale by Trustee can be Confiscatory — Whether Valid to Transfer Property Outside Territory — Whether Enforceable In English Courts — Trading with the Enemy — Trading with the Enemy Act, 1939 — Inchoate Agreement for Sale Made Before Act and Retroactively Validated After Act — Whether Within the Mischief of the Act — Enemy Character of Copyright Owner — Patents, Designs, Copyright and Trade Marks (Emergency) Act, 1939 — Effect of Shedding Enemy Character — Position of Copyright Owner Who is No Longer an Enemy.

Recognition of Acts of Foreign States and Governments — Extra-Territorial Effect of — Confiscatory and Revenue Laws — Disguised Confiscatory Measures — The Law of Sweden.

Recognition of Legislation of Foreign States — Nationalization of Business Enterprise — Extra-Territorial Validity of — Effect on Liability of Guarantor to Answer for Debts of Nationalized Enterprise.

State Succession — Judgments of Courts — Judicial Proceedings Begun Prior to Change of Sovereignty.

Recognition of Acts of Foreign States — New State — Divorce Decree of Courts of — Lack of Competence to Review — Proceedings Begun before Acquisition of Sovereignty.

States — Continuity of — Collapse of German Reich — Assets of Former Reich — Whether Vested in Federal Republic of Germany — Claim of Former Reich Asserted by Federal Republic — Whether Defendants Entitled to Claim Set-Off in respect of Debt Owed by Reich.

States — Continuity of — Status of Saar Territory — Conviction for Criminal Offence before a Court of the Saar Territory — Whether such Court is a German Court or a Foreign Court within the Meaning of German Criminal Law.

States — Continuity of — Changes in Condition — Whether Federal Republic of Germany Identical with Former Reich — Liability Incurred by Reich in Relation to Territory Subsequently Severed from Reich — Whether Federal Republic under Duty to Discharge Liability.

States — Continuity of — Germany after the Second World War — Property Confiscated by German Reich in Territory of a German State (“Land”) — Collapse of Reich — Whether “Land” liable to Grant Restitution — The Law of Germany.

Treaties — Operation of — Effect of Annexation — Incorporation of Austria into German Reich — Membership of Austria in Berne Copyright Union.

Continuity of States — Incorporation of Austria into German Reich — Subsequent Separation of Austria — Whether Austria Continued as a Member of Berne Copyright Union — Protection of Copyright of German Nationals in Austria.