Comity — Mutual judicial assistance — Respect for foreign laws — Request to foreign courts for examination of witnesses — Request for evidence regarding foreign legislation — Allegation that foreign legislation penal and discriminatory — Whether effect should be given to foreign legislation — Whether request for judicial assistance contrary to notions of comity

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Act of State and justiciability — Duty of courts of one State to give effect to laws of another — Exceptions to duty — The law of England

State territory — Nature of territorial sovereignty — National ship berthed in foreign port — Whether United States flag ship part of United States, its territories or possessions — Interpretation of provisions of insurance contract — The law of the United States of America.

Damages — Measure of Damages — Damages for Loss of Profits — Distinction between Expropriation and Unlawful Deprivation of Property — Measure of Damages in Consequence of an Unlawful Act — Cumulative Damage of Interdependent Undertakings — Whether the Court can Rely on the Data Supplied by the Parties — Changes in the Value of the Property Taken Away — Offers of Compensation Made during Abortive Negotiations — Appointment of Experts — Indeterminate and Contingent Damages.

Jurisdiction — In general — Territorial — Exemptions from and Restrictions upon — Foreign armed forces — NATO Status of Forces Agreement, 1951, Article VIII (5) — Provision that claims against members of NATO forces bedealtwith by receiving State — Whether creating employer/employee relationship between receiving State and members of NATO forces stationed in its territory — The law of France

Human rights — Torture — Allegations of acts of torture committed by former military regime — Gross violations of human rights — Whether Uruguay having obligation to investigate violations of Covenant rights by prior regime — State Party having obligation to grant effective remedy — Whether amnesties and Uruguayan Limitation Act incompatible with obligations of State Party — Whether Uruguay violating International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966, Article 7 in connection with Article 2(3)

Sovereign immunity — Foreign State-owned corporation — Restrictive theory of sovereign immunity — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — Act a codification of the ‘Tate Letter’ — National airline — Passenger injured in foreign State while awaiting return flight to United States — Whether claim arising in connection with a commercial activity carried on in the United States — The law of the United States

War — Effects of outbreak of — Treaties — Abrogation of — Treaty relating to inheritance of property — Inheritance of property by enemy alien — Failure to claim as required by Treaty and Statute — After termination of hostilities — Suspension of requirement through state of war — Trading with the enemy — Power to vest — The law of the United States of America.

War — Termination of — Inheritance of property by enemy alien — Failure to claim as required by Treaty and Statute — After termination of hostilities — Suspension of requirement through state of war — Trading with the Enemy — Power to vest — Effect of war on Treaty — Abrogation of Treaty — The law of the United States of America.

States as international persons — Dependent States — Protected States — Jurisdiction of local courts of protecting State — Cession of jurisdiction to protecting State by agreement with local Ruler — Extent of jurisdiction — Whether jurisdictioa can be extended by consent of defendant — Kuwait — Jurisdiction of British courts in Kuwait.

Jurisdiction — Exterritorial — Jurisdiction of British Court in Kuwait — Extent of jurisdiction — Dependence on agreement between British Government and Ruler of Kuwait — Whether capable of extension beyond agreed limits by consent of defendant.

Extradition — Conditions of — Principle of specialty — Principle embodied in agreement subject to exception after lapse of one month — Interpretation of this provision — Exchange of Notes between Switzerland and Germany, 1936 — The law of Switzerland.

Jurisdiction — In general — Territorial — Territorial limits of jurisdiction — Patents — Measures requested from French courts to assist in enforcing Belgian decision concerning infringement of Belgian patent of Belgian company by French firm — French patent of Belgian company cancelled — Principle of territoriality of patents — Union of Paris for the Protection of Industrial Property (Article 2) — National treatment — Inapplicability in respect of cancelled patent — Whether Belgian decisions in patent proceedings may be granted exequatur — Whether contrary to ordre public — Whether investigations in France to verify compliance with Belgian injunction may be ordered by French courts — The law of France

Treaties — Operation of — Continuity of States — Application in Holland of Treaties Concluded by Russia Prior to the Revolution of 1917 — Applicability of Hague Convention of 1905 on Civil Procedure to Citizens of U.S.S.R.

States — Continuity of — Application in Holland of Treaties Concluded by Russia Prior to Revolution of 1917 — Applicability of Hague Convention of 1905 on Civil Procedure to Citizens of U.S.S.R.

Economics, trade and finance — Currency regulation — Imposition and enforcement of currency controls a sovereign act — Act of central bank in issuing cheque drawn on account with bank in foreign State — Cheque issued in connection with bank's role in enforcing currency controls

Expropriation — Property of nationals — State taking property of own citizen — Whether within exceptions to sovereign immunity — Whether justiciable — Whether contrary to human rights standards

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — State-owned corporation — Central bank — Restrictive theory of immunity — Distinction between sovereign and commercial acts — Distinction based upon nature rather than purpose of act — Issue of cheque by central bank in context of currency regulation — Order to stop payment of cheque — Whether commercial or sovereign act

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Act of State and justiciability — United States act of State doctrine — Currency regulation by central bank — Whether justiciable — Relationship between sovereign immunity and act of State doctrine — The law of the United States

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Plaintiff kidnapped from Canada — Criminal charges brought in Florida — Plaintiff alleging tortious conduct on the part of officials of State of Florida — Whether officials can claim State immunity — Canadian State Immunity Act — Whether functionaries of foreign State — Whether acting within scope of duties — Whether alleged acts of illegality and malice disallowing claim to State immunity — Application for stay of proceedings on ground of forum non conveniens — Whether Florida thereby waiving immunity — Claim for personal injury — Whether Section 6 of State Immunity Act applicable

Jurisdiction — Executive — Abduction of wanted person from territory of foreign State — Whether abduction involving officials of State in which person wanted for trial — The law of Canada

International organizations — Immunity — Officials — International Court of Justice — Agreement between International Court of Justice and the Netherlands, 1946 — Agreement conferring diplomatic status on Deputy Registrar of Court — Tenancy agreement — Action for eviction against Deputy Registrar for breach of agreement — Whether Deputy Registrar immune from civil jurisdiction — Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961 — Article 31(1)(a) of Convention — Exception to immunity — Action relating to private immovable property situated in territory of receiving State — Whether including action for eviction — Request by Court that Deputy Registrar live near place of employment — Whether affecting private status of property — Criteria for determining whether property being used for private purposes

Sources of international law — Treaties — Customary international law — Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961 — Whether declaratory of customary international law

Treaties — Ratification — Effect of non-ratification — Provisions declaratory of customary international law — Interpretation — Object and purpose — Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, Article 31(1)(a)

Diplomatic relations — Immunity — Diplomatic status conferred on official of international organization — Applicability of Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961 — The law of the Netherlands

Treaties — Ratification by conduct of parties — Whether States free to vary or modify previous unimplemented agreements — Nehru-Noon Agreement between India and Pakistan regarding exchange of certain enclaves, 1958 — Amendment to Constitution enacted to effect transfer but not implemented — Subsequent agreement between India and Bangladesh in 1974 — Understanding in 1982 making certain clarifications in respect of 1974 agreement — Whether ratification of earlier agreement of 1974 by conduct of parties

Territory — Cession — Servitudes — Agreements between India and Bangladesh, 1974 and 1982, regarding exchange of enclaves — Bangladesh allowed to retain two enclaves of Dahagram and Angarpota — Enclaves encircled by Indian territory — Bangladesh given right of passage through Indian territory of Teen Bigha to enable Bangladesh to exercise sovereignty over the enclaves — Sovereignty over Teen Bigha retained by India — Whether cession of territory — Whether words “lease in perpetuity” amount to international servitude

Sources of international law — International practice and custom regarding right of passage — Sovereignty and the concept of interdependence of States — Enclaves in Bangladesh surrounded by Indian territory — Whether Bangladesh having a right of passage through Indian territory — Military and para-military and police of Bangladesh also given a right of passage — Whether such concessions amounted to customary and self-imposed restraints on sovereignty — The law of India

Damages — In General — Award of — Whether a Necessary Consequence of a Breach of International Obligation.

Breach of International Obligation without Actual Loss — Responsibility of States — When Engaged — Administrative Acts Inconsistent with International Obligations — Damages — Article 9 of Protocol XII of the Treaty of Lausanne — Obligations of a Mandatory State.

Aliens — Asylum — Refugees — Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 (“Refugee Convention”) — Non-refoulement — Article 33 — Relationship between Article 33(1) and Article 33(2) — Refugee considered risk to national security — Risk of torture — Factors to be considered in decision regarding deportation — Whether Article 33(2) requires a balance between security and threat to the individual

Human rights — Torture and inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment — Refugees — Non-refoulement — Duties under human rights treaties — Relationship with provisions of the Refugee Convention — Whether duty of non-refoulement in torture cases a rule of jus cogens

Treaties — Interpretation — Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969 — Rules of customary international law for the interpretation of treaties — Application of Articles 31 and 32 of the Vienna Convention — Successive treaties dealing with same subject matter — Refugee Convention — Convention against Torture, 1984 — Relationship

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — Effect in municipal law — Refugee Convention — Convention against Torture, 1984 — The law of New Zealand

Damages — For Wrong done to the Sovereignty of the State as distinguished from Material Damage.

Damages — For Costs Involved in Ascertaining the Damage.

Damages — Measure of — Material Injury Caused by Nuisance.

Individuals — Position in International Law — State Claims Arising out of Injury to Individuals — Nature of Dispute.

Arbitration — In General — Functions of — Functions de lege ferenda.

Arbitration — In General — Nature of Arbitral Proceedings Involving directly Private Rights.

Arbitration — Res judicata-Revision.

Arbitration — Award — Revision of — Essential Error and Error of Law.

State Responsibility — Injury Emanating from State Territory — Nuisance — Noxious Fumes — Measure of Damages for Material Injury Caused by Nuisance — Indirect and Prospective Damages — Damages in Respect of the Wrong done to the Sovereignty of the State Affected by the Nuisance — Cost of Investigation of — Award — Res Judicata — Essential Error and Error of Law — Conditions of Revision of Arbitral Awards — Arbitral Functions de lege ferenda.

Arbitration — Law Applied by Arbitral Tribunals — Arbitration between Government and Foreign Company — Law Applicable by Arbitral Tribunal in Relation to Contract between a Government and a Foreign Company — Procedure Applicable — Contract for Supply of Goods to a Government — Legal Character of Administrative Contracts — Interdependent Contracts — Unpaid Loans and Supply Agreement — Effect on Duration of Validity of Agreement — Restrictive Interpretation of Administrative Agreements — Effect of Suspension of Supply Contract During War — Force Majeure — Unforeseen Circumstances and Clausula Rebus Sic Stantibus.

Human rights — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — Reservations — Validity of reservation — Remedies — Whether compensation payable for violation of fundamental human rights

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — Human rights — Constitution of India, 1950 — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — Reservations — Validity of reservation — The law of India