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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2017
The Permanent Court of International Justice was not active during its twentieth year. The institutional framework of the Court was maintained, the personnel of its bench was kept intact, its officials were at their posts, and certain funds were available for current expenses; but no sessions were held during the year, and no progress was made with the two pending cases. Nor were there any significant developments during the year with reference to the international instruments relating to the Court, the attention of Governments being completely engrossed in other fields.
This is the twentieth in the writer’s series of annual articles on the organization and work of the Permanent Court of International Justice, the publication of which was begun in this Journal, Vol. 17 (1923), p. 15.
1 Series A/B, No. 77.
2 Series A/B, No. 79.
3 Series A/B, No. 80.
4 League of Nations Document, C.53.M.50.1941.X. The present Swiss franc is equivalent to 0.70730653 gold franc. On May 19, 1920, the League of Nations adopted a standard gold franc, containing 0.2903225 of a gram of fine gold (100% fine), which is equivalent to 1.41381418 Swiss franc.
5 A notice of withdrawal given in the name of Albania on April 13, 1939, was referred by the Council to the Assembly without any pronouncement on its validity, and no action was taken by the Assembly. See League of Nations Official Journal, 1939, pp. 246-248.
6 See Manley O. Hudson, "Ten Years of the World Court," 11 Foreign Affairs (1932), pp. 81-92.
7 The Court's jurisprudence down to 1936 has been reproduced in the three volumes of World Court Reports, edited by Manley O. Hudson and published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 1934, 1935 and 1938; a fourth volume, covering the period from 1936 to 1941, will be published in 1942.
8 (1927) Series A, No. 10.
9 (1931) Series A/B, No. 41.
10 Series B, No. 8.
11 Series B, No.
12 B Series A/B, No. 46.
13 Series A/B, No. 53.
14 See Series A/B, No. 51.
15 Cf., the Borchgrave Case between Belgium and Spain (1937) Series A/B, No. 72.
16 U. S. Treaty Series, No. 874.
