States as international persons — State succession — Continuity of the law — Judgments of courts — Pending actions — Jurisdiction of Conseil d'État — Madagascar — Franco-Malagasy Agreement on Transitional Provisions Governing the Administration of Justice, 1960 — Retention of appellate jurisdiction from Malagasy Administrative Courts — Whether competence in respect of action against decisions of French Administration in Madagascar prior to independence retained — The law of France.