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Bennett and Ball v. People's Republic of Hungary.

German Federal Republic.  10 July 1959 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Exemptions from — Property of foreign States — Real property — Whether subject to jurisdiction of local State — Distinction between imperium and dominium — Relevance of use of premises for diplomatic purposes — The law of Germany.

Diplomatic and consular intercourse — Miscellaneous — Diplomatic premises — Immunity of — Relevance of number and location of embassy buildings — Relevance of distance of premises from capital.

Belligerent occupation — Legislative functions of Occupant — Legislation promulgated by Occupant — Whether binding on other enemy States in relation to property and transactions in occupied territory — Restitution Law promulgated by Three Western Powers in Germany — Whether applicable to property of Hungarian State in Germany.

Permanent diplomatic envoys — Privileges and immunities of — Diplomatic premises — Immunity from jurisdiction — Theory of imperium of local sovereign — Principle of exterritoriality — Extent to which valid in contemporary international law — Extent to which derived from person of envoy — Theory of functional necessity — Relevance of distance of diplomatic premises from capital — Effect of termination of diplomatic use of premises — Relevance of involuntary nature of termination — Distinction between temporary cessation of use through suspension of diplomatic relations and permanent termination of use — Immunity of premises from jurisdiction of special courts — Restitution courts — Nature of restitution proceedings — Relevance of fact that restitution claims are claims in rem — Competence of restitution court to determine ancillary claims in personam — Waiver of immunity — Whether purchase of real property for embassy premises by contract subject to local law amounts to implied waiver.

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1963

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