Succession of Governments — In general — Succession with regard to contractual obligations — Waiver of diplomatic immunity in contract for purchase of premises to be used as legation — Whether binding on successor Government — Contract made by Kingdom of Bulgaria — Whether binding on Government of People's Republic of Bulgaria.

Jurisdiction — Exemptions from — Foreign States — Waiver of immunity — Express waiver in contract of purchase of land and premises — Submission to jurisdiction of local courts — Effect and scope of such clause.

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.

Permanent diplomatic envoys — Privileges and immunities of — Diplomatic premises — Immunity from jurisdiction — Theory of imperium of local sovereign — Principle of exterritoriality — Extent of validity in contemporary international law — Extent to which immunity 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.