The Electricity Company of Sofia and Bulgaria. (Preliminary Objection.)

Abstract

State Responsibility — Denial of Justice — Exhaustion of Local Remedies.

Treaties — Operation of — Treaties of Pacific Settlement — Jurisdiction of Permanent Court of International Justice under Concurrent Documents.

Permanent Court of International Justice — Rules of — Preliminary Objections and Decision on the Merits.

Permanent Court of International Justice — Jurisdiction of — Jurisdiction under Concurrent Instruments — Multiplicity of Agreements — Optional Clause — Concurrent Treaty of Conciliation, Arbitration, and Judicial Settlement — Reservation ratione temporis under the Optional Clause — Facts and Situations prior to the Ratification of the Signature of the Clause — Disputes Arising Subsequent to the Filing of the Application — Rules of the Court — Preliminary Objections and Decision on the Merits — State Responsibility — Exhaustion of Local Remedies.