International Law Reports

PART I INTERNATIONAL LAW IN GENERAL

• III.— Sources

  • See also

• V.— Relation to Municipal Law

  • In re Informe de la Corte Suprema de Justicia al Congresso
  • See also

• VII.— Miscellaneous

  • See also

PART II STATES AS INTERNATIONAL PERSONS

• A. IN GENERAL

  • I.— Beginning of State Existence

    • Poland (Republic of) v. Harajewicz.
    • In re X.
    • See also

  • II.— Sovereignty and Independence

    • i.— In Foreign Relations

      • Commercial and Estates Company of Egypt v. Board of Trade.
      • See also

    • ii.— In Matters of Domestic Jurisdiction

      • See also

    • iii.— Acts of Sovereignty and Transactions of a Private Character

      • Milaire v. German State.

  • IV.— Recognition of Acts of Foreign States and Governments

    • Federazione Italiana Consorzi Agrari v. Commissariat of the Soviet Socialist Republic and Società Romana Solfati.
    • See also

  • V.— Continuity of States

    • Reparation Commission v. German Government.
    • See also

  • VI.— Extinction of States

    • Achikian v. Bank of Athens.

• B. COMPOSITE AND DEPENDENT STATES AND TERRITORIES

  • III.— Protected and Vassal States and Protectorates

    • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims.
    • National Bank of Egypt v. German Government and Bank für Handel und Industrie.
    • National Bank of Egypt v. Austro-Hungarian Bank.
    • Hargreaves v. Attalla.
    • See also

  • IV.— Mandates

    • i.— Sovereignty over Mandated Territories. Status of the Mandated Territories

      • The Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions
      • Rex v. Christian.

    • ii.— Rights and Duties of the Mandatories

      • See also

    • vi.— Other Matters

      • See also

  • V.— Territories under Joint or International Government

    • Muller v. Roechling Brothers.
    • In re N. Fr. (Saar Territory).

• D. RECOGNITION

  • ii.— Of Governments

    • Great Britain v. Costa Rica.
    • Wulfsohn v. Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic.
    • Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic v. Cibrario.
    • Rossia Insurance Co. v. United States.
    • Sokoloff v. National City Bank of New York.
    • Russian Government v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Co.
    • Oliver-American Trading Co. v. Government of the United States of Mexico.
    • Bekker v. Willcox.
    • Gross v. Gretchenko and Others.
    • Golovitschiner v. Dori.
    • See also

• E. STATE SUCCESSION

  • I.— Succession to Rights

    • Attorney-General of Poland v. Serewicz.
    • Graffowa and Wolanowski v. Polish Ministry of Agriculture and State Lands.

  • II.— Succession with regard to Contractual and other Obligations, and Concessions

    • The Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions.
    • Lévy v. German State.
    • Pensions (Prussia) Case.
    • S. Th. v. German Treasury.
    • Baron A. v. Prussian Treasury.
    • Theodorowicz v. Polish Ministry of Public Works.
    • Co-operative Farmers in Tarnów v. Polish Treasury.
    • Niemiec and Niemiec v. BiaŁobrodziec and (Polish) State Treasury.

  • III.— The Public Debt. Pensions

    • Railway Pension (Austria) Case.

  • IV.— Succession with regard to Obligations for Delinquencies (Torts)

    • Brown (Robert E.) Case.
    • Samos (Liability for Torts) Case.

  • V.— Respect of Private Rights

    • German Settlers in Poland.
    • Burt (George Rodney) Case.
    • Polish State Treasury v. Von Bismarck.
    • Schwerdtfeger v. Danish Government.

  • VII.— International Conventions

    • Gil v. Polish Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
    • Czechoslovakian Co-operative Society v. Otten.
    • See also

  • VIII.— In Matters of Administration. Officials

    • Ludwig v. Polish Ministry of Finance.

  • IX.— Binding Force of Laws and Judgments of Courts

    • In re Wayda’s Estate.
    • Salonica Appeals Case.

• G. MISCELLANEOUS

  • Niger Company Ltd. v. German State.

PART III STATE TERRITORY

• A. STATE TERRITORY IN GENERAL

  • I.— Nature of Territorial Sovereignty

    • Decision of the German Reichsgericht in Civil Matters.
    • See also

  • II.— Acquisition of Territorial Sovereignty

    • iii.— Cession. Conditional Cession. Plebiscite

      • In re P. (Upper Silesia).
      • See also

  • III.— Loss of Territorial Sovereignty

    • See also

  • IV.— Effects of Changes of Sovereignty

    • See also

  • VI.— International Leases and Grants in Perpetuity

    • Government v. Diaz.

• B. PARTS OF STATE TERRITORY

  • II.— Rivers

    • ii.— Multi-National Rivers

      • Oklahoma v. Texas (United States, Intervener).

  • VII.— Canals, International

    • ii.— In Time of War

      • The S.S. Wimbledon.

  • VIII.— Lakes and Land-Locked Seas

    • In re H (Lake Constance)

  • X.— State Servitudes

    • See also

• C. MISCELLANEOUS

  • Poland (Republic of) v. Stanek.

PART IV JURISDICTION

• A. JURISDICTION IN GENERAL. TERRITORIAL AND PERSONAL

  • I.— Territorial

    • (a) Over Territory in General and Persons and Property situated therein.

      • Slater Ltd. v. German Government.
      • See also

    • (b) Criminal Jurisdiction over Foreigners

      • In re Bayot.
      • County Council of Fermanagh v. Farrendon.

    • (c) Over Ports and National Waters

      • Latham v. United States.
      • Cunard Steamship Company et al. v. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, et al.

    • (d) At the Maritime Frontier. Hovering Laws

      • The Frances Louise.

    • (g) Exemptions from and Restrictions upon Territorial Jurisdiction

      • (i) Foreign States.

        • Royal Italian Government v. National Brass and Copper Tube Company.
        • (I) The Gloria (II) The Thekla and The F. J. Luckenbach. (III) Kingdom of Norway v. Federal Sugar-Refining Company.
        • In re Patterson-MacDonald Shipbuilding Co. McLean v. Commonwealth of Australia.
        • The Sao Vicente.
        • Kunglig Jarnvagsstyrelsen v. Dexter and Carpenter.
        • Russian Volunteer Fleet and Another v. The Crown.
        • Duff Development Company Ltd. v. Government of Kelantan and Another.
        • Storelli v. French Republic (Government of).
        • Commonwealth of Australia v. New South Wales.
        • Roumania (State of) v. Pascalet.
        • Advokaat v. Schuddinck and the Belgian State.
        • Nankivel v. Omsk All Russian Government.
        • See also

      • (iii) Public Ships and other Property of Foreign States

        • Cía. Introductora de Buenos Aires v. Capitan del Vapor Cokato.
        • The Augustine; The Bismarck; The Imperator (now Berengaria).
        • Compañía Mercantil Argentina v. United States Shipping Board.
        • Stapledon and Sons v. First Lord of the Admiralty and Others.
        • The Meandros.
        • The Sylvan Arrow.
        • Saglietto v. Tawill.

      • (iv) Foreign Armed Forces

        • Hasselt (State Commissary of) v. Geusens.

  • II.— Personal

    • (a) Over Subjects in respect of Crimes Committed outside the Realm

      • Public Prosecutor v. Espnes and Another.

    • (b) Over Subjects Abroad or on the High Seas and their Property Situated Abroad

      • Cook v. Tait, United States Collector of Internal Revenue.
      • King of the Hellenes v. Brostrom and Others.

• B. EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

  • I.— Consular Jurisdiction. Régime of Capitulations. Mixed Courts. Jurisdiction and Organisation

    • In re Dominici and Another.
    • Castiel v. Mohammed.
    • Tientsin Concession Case.

PART V STATE RESPONSIBILITY

• B. NATURE AND KINDS OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY

  • I.— In General. When does State Responsibility Become Engaged? Absolute Responsibility and Responsibility Based on Fault

    • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims. Great Britain v. Spain.
    • See also

  • V.— For Breaches of Contractual Obligations

    • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims. Great Britain v. Spain. Berka D’Ben-Karrish Rzini Case.

  • VI. For Wrongs Unconnected with Contractual Obligations

    • (a) Acts and Omissions of State Organs and Officials

      • (i) Denial of Justice. Exhaustion of Legal Remedies

        • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims. Great Britain v. Spain. Ziat Ben Kiran Case
        • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims. Great Britain v. Spain. Seghuidla Shtibat Case.
        • See also

      • (ii) Executive Action or Inaction

        • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims. Great Britain v. Spain. Beni-Madan Rzini Case.
        • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims. Great Britain v. Spain. Menebhi Case.
        • Union Bridge Company Case.
        • Halcoussi v. Egyptian Government.
        • Karpinsky v. Egyptian Government.
        • See also

    • (b) Acts of Insurgents, Rioters and Private Individuals in General

      • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims. Great Britain v. Spain. Si Abd-El-Kader er Rzini (No. 2) Case.
      • See also

  • VII.— For Acts and Omissions of Revolutionary or de facto Governments

    • Great Britain v. Costa Rica.

• C. CLAIMS

  • I.— In General

    • Great Britain v. Costa Rica.
    • United States v. Germany (State Control of Claims).
    • In re Rio Grande Irrigation and Land Company Limited.
    • United States v. Germany (Distribution of Claims).
    • See also

  • II.— Nationality of Claims

    • United States v. Germany (Nationality of Claims).
    • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims. Great Britain v. Spain. Benchiton Case.
    • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims. Great Britain v. Spain. Ziat Ben Kiran Case.
    • Paix (née Roland) v. German State.
    • See also

  • IV.— State Control over Private Claims

    • United States v. Germany (Nationality of Claims).

• E. DAMAGES (MEASURE OF DAMAGES)

  • I.— Award of Damages in General. Grounds for Awarding Damages

    • The S.S. Wimbledon.
    • The Lusitania.
    • See also

  • II.— Indirect Damages and Damages for Loss of Profits

    • United States v. Germany (War Risk Insurance Premium Claims).
    • United States v. Germany (Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles).
    • The Lusitania.
    • Life Insurance Claims.
    • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims. Great Britain v. Spain. Beni-Madan Rzini Case..
    • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims. Great Britain v. Spain. Ziat Ben Kiran Case.
    • See also

  • III.— Punitive and Exemplary Damages

    • The Lusitania.

• F. INTEREST

  • II.— Rate of Interest. Compound Interest

    • United States v. Germany (Liability for Damages).
    • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims. Great Britain v. Spain.
    • See also

  • III.— The Dies a Quo. The Dies ad Quem

    • The S.S. Wimbledon.

• G. MISCELLANEOUS

  • Interpretation of the Treaty of Neuilly, Article 179, Annex, paragraph 4 (Bulgaria/Greece) (Judgment No 3)

PART VI THE INDIVIDUAL IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

• A. IN GENERAL

  • I.— Position of Individuals in International Law

    • See also

• B. NATIONALITY

  • I.— In General. Proof of Nationality

    • Germany and Poland. (Interpretation of Minorities Treaty.)
    • Germany and Poland. (Interpretation of Minorities Treaty.)
    • De Bourbon v. Auroux ès-qualité and Ministère Public.
    • See also

  • II.— As Affected by Changes of Sovereignty

    • Wildermann v. Stinnes.
    • Peinitsch v. German State and Others.
    • Poznanski v. Lentz and Hirschfeld.
    • Germany and Poland.
    • Rothschild v. Administrator of Austrian Property.
    • Poland (Republic of) v. Karas.
    • Poland (Republic of) v. Girsa and Glinski.
    • In re Felix.
    • See also

  • III.— As Determining the Right of Protection of Citizens Abroad

    • See also

  • IV.— Protected Persons and de facto Subjects

    • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims. Great Britain v. Spain. Cohen Case

  • V.— Naturalisation

    • Grigoriou v. Bulgarian State.
    • United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind.
    • THE INDIVIDUAL IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
    • De Zogheb v. De Zogheb.

  • VIII.— Double Nationality

    • THE INDIVIDUAL IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

  • IX.— Option

    • Germany and Poland. (Interpretation of Minorities Treaty).
    • Germany and Poland. (Interpretation of Minorities Treaty).
    • Germany and Poland. (Interpretation of Minorities Treaty).
    • Germany and Poland.
    • THE INDIVIDUAL IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
    • Dittmann v. Governor of Pomorze (Pomerania).
    • Kaufmann v. Augustenborg Town Council.
    • Option of Nationality (Syria) Case.

  • X.— Statelessness

    • THE INDIVIDUAL IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
    • Belgian State (Ministère Public) v. Haupert and De Vuyst.

  • XI.— Nationality of Corporations

    • Jordaan v. Germany
    • Bourgeois and Others v. Ministère Public.
    • THE INDIVIDUAL IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
    • See also

• C. ALIENS

  • II.— Position of Aliens

    • i.— Subjection to Territorial Sovereignty of the Receiving State

      • Innsbruck Firm’s Case.
      • Bergen (Corporation of) v. Olsen.
      • THE INDIVIDUAL IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
      • See also

    • ii.— Protection by the National State

      • Terrace et al. v. Thompson, Attorney-General of the State of Washington.
      • See also

    • iii.— Treatment by and Responsibilities of the Receiving State

      • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims.
      • In re Ramirez.
      • THE INDIVIDUAL IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
      • In Re Fujimoto.
      • See also

    • v.— Respect for Property. Expropriation

      • In re La Bacis Gold and Silver Mining Co. Ltd.
      • See also

  • III.— Expulsion of Aliens

    • i.— Right of Expulsion

      • THE INDIVIDUAL IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

• D. EXTRADITION

  • I.— Extradition in General

    • In re Doelitzsch.
    • In re Menichian.

  • II.— Extraditable Crimes

    • In re Jeanprost.

  • IV.— Conditions of Extradition

    • In re Lavalle.

  • V.— Procedure of Extradition

    • Collins v. Loisel.
    • United States v. Unverzagt.
    • In re P.
    • THE INDIVIDUAL IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

  • VI.— Political Criminals

    • In re Camporini.
    • In re Vogt.
    • THE INDIVIDUAL IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

• E. MINORITIES (PROTECTION OF MINORITIES)

  • I.— Minorities Treaties and their Interpretation

    • See also

  • II.— Enforcement of Minorities Treaties through the League of Nations and Procedure with regard to Protection of Minorities

    • German Settlers in Poland.

  • III.— Conception of Minority

    • Acquisition of Polish Nationality.

PART VII DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR INTERCOURSE AND PRIVILEGES

• A. PERMANENT DIPLOMATIC ENVOYS

  • III.— Privileges and Immunities of

    • i.— Diplomatic Envoys and their Staff

      • In re Lecación de Suecia.
      • Carbone v. Carbone.
      • In re J. N.
      • In re Armenian Chargé d’Affaires.
      • See also

    • ii.— Subordinate Members of the Diplomatic Staff

      • Assurantie Compagnie Excelsior v. Smith.

• D. CONSULS

  • II.— Position and Function of Consuls

    • In re Lavarello.
    • Chedid v. Chedid.
    • Bennett v. Ergastiriadis.

  • III.— Privileges and Immunities of Consuls

    • Diez v. Administration of Indirect Taxes.
    • In re the Heirs of Naville.
    • In re Consul of Paraguay.
    • In re Thomas C. Sargent.

PART VIII TREATIES

• II.— Forms of International Agreement and Methods by which they are Concluded

  • i.— Treaties. Conventions. Governmental Agreements. Exchanges of Notes

    • See also

• IV.— Conditions of Validity of Treaties. Registration of Treaties

  • See also

• VIII.— Ratification of Treaties. Entry into Force

  • The Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions.
  • Niemiec and Niemiec v. BiaŁobrodziec and (Polish) State Treasury.
  • See also

• IX.— Operation and Enforcement of Treaties. Necessity of Municipal Legislation

  • Asakura v. City of Seattle.
  • In re Romaris.
  • United States v. Kearny.
  • Fernando García v. Provincia de Buenos Aires.
  • Cajiao v. París.
  • In re Muller.
  • De Marco v. Waren Handelsgesellschaft.
  • See also

• X.— Effect of Treaties on Third Parties

  • See also

• XI.— Termination of Treaties

  • i.— By Operation of Law

    • (d) The Clausula rebus sic stantibus. Reconsideration of Treaties under Article 19 of the Covenant.

      • See also

  • ii.— By Act of Party

    • (c) Unilateral Denunciation. Result of Non-Performance by the Other Party.

      • In re Lepeschkin.

• XII.— Interpretation of Treaties

  • i.— Agencies of Interpretation. Construction in Accordance with the Intention of the Parties

    • French Concession at Shanghai v. Compagnie Française de Tramways et d'Éclairage électrique de Shanghaï.
    • In re Thyssen and Others. In re Krupp and Others.

  • ii.— Restrictive Interpretation

    • (a) Restrictions of Sovereignty

      • The S.S. Wimbledon.
      • See also

    • (b) Interpretation against the Party Responsible for the Drafting.

      • See also

  • iii.— Bilingual Treaties

    • The Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions.
    • Reparation Commission. v. German Government.
    • See also

  • iv.— Consideration of Preparatory Work

    • S. C. C. C. v. B. V. (Patents Case).
    • See also

  • v.— Various other Rules of Interpretation

    • Interpretation of Article 179, Annex, paragraph 4, of the Treaty of Neuilly
    • The Lusitania.
    • Life Insurance Claims.
    • The Lusitania.
    • Reparation Commission v. German Government. - Special Arbitral Tribunal.
    • Reparation Commission v. German Government. - Special Arbitral Tribunal.
    • Randfontein Estates Gold-Mining Company Ltd. v. Custodian of Enemy Property.
    • Marks Company et al. v. United States.
    • See also

PART IX INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION

• A. LEAGUE OF NATIONS

  • III.— The Council

    • See also

  • IV.— Interpretation of the Covenant of the League

    • Tunis and Morocco Nationality Decrees.
    • See also

• D. MISCELLANEOUS

  • See also

PART X DISPUTES

• A. ARBITRATION

  • I.— In General

    • i.— Conception and Function of Arbitration

      • Spanish Zone of Morocco Claims.
      • See also

    • ii.— The Law Applied by Arbitral Tribunals. Arbitration and Judicial Settlement

      • United States v. Germany (Sources of Decision).
      • See also

  • II.— Procedure

    • i.— Procedure before the Tribunal (Oral and Written Arguments)

      • In the Matter of the Irish Boundary Question.

    • ii.— Competence. Competence to Determine Jurisdiction

      • Gramophone Company Ltd. v. German Government and Deutsche Grammophon A.G. and Polyphonwerke A.G.
      • Tiedemann v. Polish State.
      • Popanastassoglou v. Bulgarian State.
      • S. B. v. Prussian Treasury.
      • See also

    • vi.— Costs

      • Great Britain v. Costa Rica.

  • III.— Rules of Evidence. Burden of Proof

    • Great Britain v. Costa Rica.

  • IV.— Admission of Liability. Waiver. Estoppel

    • See also

  • V.— The Award

    • i.— Scope and Binding Force of the Award

      • Polish-Czechoslovakian Frontier.
      • Burns Philp and Company v. Norddeutscher Lloyd
      • See also

    • iii.— Appeal and Revision

      • Monastery of Saint-Naoum.

• B. PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE

  • III.— Contentious Jurisdiction

    • i.— Competence

      • The Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions.
      • The Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions.
      • The Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions.
      • See also

    • ii.— Procedure

      • See also

    • iv.— Judgment

      • The S.S. Wimbledon.

  • IV.— The Advisory Opinion

    • i.— Competence

      • The Status of Eastern Carelia.

• E. NEGOTIATION

  • The Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions.

PART XI WAR AND NEUTRALITY

• A. WAR IN GENERAL

  • IV.— Belligerent Forces

    • “Naval and Military Works or Materials.”

  • V.— Effects of Outbreak of War

    • ii.— On Treaties

      • (a) During the War.

        • Vermeir v. Grun and Bilfinger
        • See also

    • iii.— On Private Contracts

      • Second Russian Insurance Company v. Miller, Alien Property Custodian.
      • Cantiare San Rocco, S.A. v. Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited.

    • iv.— On Enemy Subjects with regard to

      • (a) Their Personal Status in the Territory of the Belligerent. Persona standi in judicio

        • Siplyak v. Davis, Director-General.

    • vi.— On Neutral Persons and Property. Embargo. The Right of Angary

      • Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Company Limited.
      • “Naval and Military Works or Materials.”
      • Commercial and Estates Company of Egypt v. Ball.
      • Commercial and Estates Company of Egypt v. Board of Trade.
      • See also

  • VI.— Enemy Character

    • i.— Of Individuals

      • Wilderman v. F. W. Berk and Company Ltd.

  • VII.— The Binding Force of the Laws of War

    • Requisitions (Germany) Case.

  • VIII.— Enforcement of the Laws of War

    • iii.— Punishment of War Crimes. Defence of Superior Orders

      • The Dover Castle.
      • See also

  • IX.— Prisoners of War

    • Heynen's Case.
    • Prisoners of War (Hungary) Case.

  • X.— Non-Hostile Relations between Belligerents, Especially Armistices

    • See also

  • XII.— Effects of Treaties of Peace

    • ii.— Amnesty

      • Károlyi Case.

• B. WARFARE ON LAND

  • I.— Measures and Instruments of Force

    • The Llandovery Castle.

  • II.— Appropriation, Utilisation and Destruction of Enemy Property

    • In re G. (Booty Case).

  • III.— Occupation of Enemy Territory

    • i.— Nature and Effects of the Occupation

      • Army Of Occupation (Jurisdiction) Case.
      • Sch. v. W.
      • Auditeur Militaire v. Reinhardt and Others.
      • In re Schievens and Clemens.
      • In re Bank B. K. and I.
      • Serbian Occupation (Hungary) Case.
      • See also

    • ii.— Legislative, Judicial and Administrative Functions of the Occupant

      • Marjamoff and Others v. Włocławek (Communal District of).

    • iii.— Respect of Private Property. The Public Property of the Enemy State. Requisitions and Contributions

      • Ralli Brothers v. German Government.
      • Gros Roman et Cie v. German State.
      • Tajtel v. Ministry of Agriculture and State Lands (Poland).
      • See also

• C. WARFARE AT SEA

  • II.— Visit, Search, Capture and Destruction

    • (a) Of Enemy Merchantmen

      • Reinhold v. Belgian State.

    • (b) Of Neutral Merchantmen

      • See also

  • III.— Restrictions on the Right of Capture (Hospital Ships, etc., Postal Correspondence, Property under Neutral Flag)

    • See also

• E. NEUTRALITY IN GENERAL

  • I.— Nature and Duties of Neutrality

    • See also

  • II.— Neutrals and Military and Naval Operations and Preparations

    • See also

• F. CONTRABAND

  • II.— Carriage of Contraband and Doctrine of Continuous Voyage

    • See also