International Law — Relation to municipal law — Right of nonresident aliens to inherit property in forum State — Requirement of reciprocity between forum State and State of alien — Right of alien to inherit conditioned on obtaining discretionary approval of agency of foreign Government — Claim by Soviet nationals to estate of United States decedent — The law of the United States of America.

State territory — International leases — Kouang Tcheou Wan — Franco — Chinese Convention of 1945 restoring territory to China — Electricity concession to French company — Whether French State liable for breach of contract — The law of France.

International law — Relation to municipal law — Effect of treaty upon concession — Whether cession of territory rendering performance of a concession impossible gives rise to action in municipal law — Act of State — The law of France.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Exemptions from — Foreign States — Jurisdiction of court to pass upon validity of Constitution of foreign State — Court of former imperial country which granted Constitution prior to independence of colony — Issue arising after independence — New State not party to action — The law of England.

Treaties — Operation and enforcement of — Effect in municipal law — Whether creating rights enforceable in municipal courts — Grant of land by African Ruler to British Crown — Whether creating rights in subjects of Crown — The law of England.

States as international persons — Sovereignty and independence — Principle of non-intervention — Independence in regard to internal constitutional matters — Whether court in former imperial country has jurisdiction to pass on Constitution made prior to colony's independence — Relevance of comity — Constitution of Sierra Leone — Challenge in English courts.

International law — International comity — Probate court's decrees of guardianship of children and children's estates — Collateral attack on decrees of State court by foreign Government — Standingto present private claims — The law of the United States of America.

The individual in international law — Miscellaneous — Standing of foreign Government to present claim of its national in privatelitigation — The law of the United States of America.

States as international persons — Recognition of acts of foreign States and Governments — Guardianship decrees — Refusal to recognize foreign decrees as affecting children and property within forum State — Lack of standing of foreign Government to present individual's claim in private litigation — The law of the United States of America.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Limits on power of foreign State to confiscate national's property situated in foreign State — Recognition of acts of foreign State dependent on forum policy — The law of the State of New York — The law of the United States of America.

States as international persons — Recognition of acts of foreign States and Governments — Legislative acts — Extraterritorial operation of confiscatory decree affecting property within forum State — Act of foreign State operative within forum State only when in conformity with public policy of forum — The law of the state of New York — The law of the United States of America.

States as international persons — Recognition of acts of foreign States and Governments — Seizure of property by Nazi army in Belgium — Act of State doctrine — The law of the United States of America.

States as international persons — Recognition of acts of foreign States and Governments — Sovereign immunity as bar to jurisdiction over agency of foreign State — Act of State doctrine operative once such jurisdiction obtained — The law of the United States of America.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Over territory in general and persons and property situated therein — Territorial limits of jurisdiction — Act of State doctrine — Expropriation of national's domestic property — Attempted expropriation of national's foreign trademarks — The law of the United States of America.

States as international persons — Recognition of acts of foreign States and Governments — Act of State doctrine — Effect of expropriation of national's domestic property — Effect of attempted expropriation of national's foreign trade-marks — The law of the United States of America.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Expropriation of alien property — Expropriation by Cuba of New York deposits of Cuban banks — Consistency of such expropriation with public policy of State where deposits located — The law of the United States of America.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Exemptions from — Foreign States — Waiver of immunity of foreign State by initiation of suit in courts of another sovereign — Extent of waiver — The law of the United States of America.

States as international persons — Recognition of acts of foreign States and Governments — Municipal law requirement that courts consider legality of expropriations by foreign State when contrary to international law — Legality of Cuban expropriations — Non-applicability of Act of State doctrine when disputed property is located within forum State at time of purported expropriation — Defence of sovereign immunity — Initiation by foreign sovereign of court proceedings in forum State as waiver of immunity — The law of the United States of America.

States as international persons — Types of States — Protected States — Qatar — Status of — Jurisdiction exercised by Britain — Whether Qatar a “British possession” for purposes of Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881 — Return of British subject from United Kingdom on warrant from Qatar.

State territory — Acquisition of territorial sovereignty — Cession — Treaties of Paris, 1814 — 1815 — Treaties between France and Baden, 1820 and 1840 — Boundaries between French and Baden Communes — Territory separated from Baden by Rhine boundary — Creation of French Commune of Rosenau — Subsequent agreement between French Communes of Rosenau and Kembs to transfer part of ceded territory to Kembs — Whether valid — The law of France.

State territory — Parts of — National waters — Submarine areas beyond low — water mark — Whether taxable by municipality — The law of Canada.

State territory — Parts of — Territorial waters — Jurisdiction in — Whether property situated beyond low-water mark is assessable by municipality — The law of Canada.

State territory — Parts of — National waters — Definition of inland waters — Submerged Lands Act, 1953 — Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, 1958 — The law of the United States of America.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Descent and distribution of property — Deference of forum to inheritance laws of foreign State — Property in United States belonging to decedent who died without heirs in Switzerland — Swiss law of cantonal inheritance — The law of the United States of America.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Discretionary declining of in rem jurisdiction — Availability of another forum — Action by foreign seaman for breach of contract — Indirect ownership of foreign flag vessel by national of State of forum — The law of the United States of America.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Jurisdiction of courts over non-resident party — Jurisdiction based on presence of defendant for service of writ — The law of England.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Territorial limits of — Offence committed outside jurisdiction — Extraterritorial application of statutes — The law of Scotland.

Jurisdiction — Territorial limits of — Whether foreign judgment for taxes enforceable in Canada — The law of Canada.

States as international persons — Sovereignty and independence Conduct of foreign relations — Conclusiveness of statements of Executive — Executive "Suggestion" of foreign State's sovereign immunity — Effect on courts — The law of the United States of America.

States as international persons — Recognition of acts of foreign States and Governments — Foreign confiscation of property within forum State — Effect in courts of forum of “Suggestion” by forum's Executive of sovereign immunity of confiscating State — The law of the United States of America.

State responsibility — Kinds of — For taking of, or interference with, property — Sovereign immunity — Effect of U.S. Executive branch “Suggestion” of immunity — The law of the United States of America.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Exemptions from and restrictions upon — Foreign State confiscating property of forum national — Effect in courts of forum of “Suggestion” by forum Executive of sovereign immunity of confiscating State — Restrictive theory of sovereign immunity — The Tate Letter — The law of the United States of America.