Jurisdiction — Territorial — Exemptions from — Foreign States — Property of — Immunity from attachment — Absence of official Suggestion of Immunity — Fund for satisfaction of claims of American nationals against Italy — Treaty of Peace with Italy, 1947 — The law of the United States of America.

State Succession — Private Rights — American Annexation of Hawaii.

Sovereign immunity — Foreign States — Capacity to sue in the United States courts — Whether a foreign State a “person” entitled to sue for treble damages under the United States antitrust laws — Immunity from suit of foreign State — Effect of Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — The law of the United States

State Responsibility — Claims — Non bis in idem — Exclusion of Claims Where Claimant Already Compensated by Domestic Tribunal of Defendant State — Exclusion of Claims Based on Refusal to Permit Transfer of Funds Out of Country.

Jurisdiction — Personal — Over nationals in respect of crimes committed abroad — Non-extraditable offence punishable only in State where committed — The law of Switzerland.

Human rights — Freedom from discrimination — Sex discrimination — Whether unconstitutional — Citizenship laws — Determination of citizenship by patrilineal descent — Inability of mother to pass citizenship to child if married to father of child — Whether sex discrimination — Right to equal protection of law

Nationality — Descent — Nationality conferred only upon those whose fathers were nationals — Whether discriminatory — Whether contrary to fundamental human rights

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — Aid to interpretation of constitutional provisions — Treaties not incorporated into domestic law — Whether only to be referred to where constitutional provisions ambiguous — Whether domestic laws to be interpreted in accordance with State’s international obligations — The law of Botswana

Alien Enemies — Right to Bequeath Property — The Law of the United States.

Aliens — Position of — Right to Bequeath Property — Enemy Aliens — The Law of the United States.

Sovereign immunity — Foreign States — Execution and attachment of property of foreign State — Availability under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — Whether pre-judgment attachment designed to secure jurisdiction in rem available in a case in which Court had jurisdiction in personam — The law of the United States

International organization — Officials — Upgrading of officials — Within-grade salary increase — Improper motives.

States as international persons — State succession — Respect for private rights — Merger of states — Maintenance grants made by the former ruler — Whether binding on successor — Acts of State — The jurisdiction of the municipal courts — Continuity of the law — The Constitution of India — The law of India

Claims — Local remedies rule — Expropriation — Applicants seeking compensation — Whether claims to be pursued on governmental or individual basis — Ugandan Government requiring exhaustion of local remedies — Whether requirement according to international law — Whether Secretary of State misdirecting himself as to international law

Diplomatic relations — United Kingdom Government breaking off relations with Uganda in July 1976 — Efforts in pursuing diplomatic claims suspended — Restoration of diplomatic relations in April 1979 — Resumption of efforts regarding claims

Governments — Fundamental change of government — Overthrow of President Amin's Government in Uganda — Overthrow of President Obote's Government — Assurances from new Government of Uganda that it would honour commitments regarding compensation to British nationals — Establishment of stable administration to advantage of claimants — Requirement of time — Whether change of situation rendering appeal irrelevant

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Conduct of foreign relations — Decision of Secretary of State not to pursue claims for compensation on government-to-government basis — Decision concerning United Kingdom Government’s conduct of international relations — Exercise of prerogative power — Whether reviewable by courts — Ramifications for international relations demanding extreme caution — The law of England

Responsibility of States — Claims — Espousal of Claims of Fugitives from Justice — Denial of Justice — Faulty Judicial Procedure — Disregard of International Standards — Maltreatment in Prison.

Treaties — Interpretation of — Principles and rules of — Consistency with aim and purpose of Treaty — Municipal law incorporated in Treaty of Peace — Treaty of Peace with Japan, Article 15 (a) — Draft Allied Powers Property Compensation Law, Article 9 — Meaning of “working” a patent.

Anglo-Japanese Property Commission — Law applied by — Interpretation of Draft Allied Powers Property Compensation Law incorporated in Treaty of Peace with Japan — Relevance of law of Japan and law of England — Relevance of law of other countries in comparable positions — Question of patent law — Reference to laws of United States of America and Germany — Treaty of Peace with Japan, Article 15 (a) — Property Compensation Law, Article 9 (2).

Human rights — Discrimination — Access to public service — Affirmative action for victims of human rights violations under earlier regime — Whether discrimination against other applicants — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966

International tribunals — Procedure — United Nations Human Rights Committee — Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — Communication alleging violations of the Covenant — Accelerated procedure for examination of merits

Aliens — Expulsion of — Right to Hearing Prior to Expulsion — Procedure Laid Down by Immigration Regulations — Immigration Regulation Invalid — The Law of Canada.

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Instrumentality of State — Whether acts performed outside scope of official duties attract immunity as acts of instrumentality of State — Acts in violation of international law — Claim by alien for wrongful death resulting from torture by military police — Whether United States courts have jurisdiction over acts performed wholly outside United States by a State against its own nationals — United States Alien Tort Statute — The law of the United States

International Court of Justice — Interim Measures of Protection — Article 41 of the Statute — Interim Measures of Protection and Jurisdiction of the Court on the Merits.

Armistices — Object and Effect of — Termination of War — Israel and Lebanon.

War — Termination of — Armistice — Israel and Lebanon.

International Law and Municipal Law — Treaties — Absence of Municipal Legislation — General Armistice Agreement between Israel and Jordan — Interpretation of — Effect on Private Rights.

International law in general — Relation to municipal law — Constitutional provisions guaranteeing human rights modelled upon European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and Universal Declaration of Human Rights — Interpretation — The law of Antigua

The individual in international law — In general — Human rights and freedoms — Whether constitutional provisions protecting human rights apply to corporations — Freedom of expression — Restraints on publication of newspaper — Licence fee — Requirement that newspaper publisher deposit sum of money to satisfy possible libel judgment as condition of publication — Whether unlawful restraints on freedom of expression — Constitution influenced by European Convention on Human Rights and Universal Declaration of Human Rights — The law of Antigua.

Recognition of States — Modes of Recognition — Recognition of Czechoslovakia — Whether effected by the Peace Treaties.

Establishment of New State — Time of Coming into Existence of the Czechoslovak State — Effect of the Treaties of Peace — Recognition — How far affected by Treaties.