Van Der Swaelwen v. Roques.

Abstract

Treaties — Conclusion and operation of — Operation and enforcement of — Necessity for municipal legislation — Convention providing for most-favoured-nation and national treatment — Right to cultivate land — Whether right may be made conditional on issue of permit — Function of permit — Right to cultivate land and enjoy benefits of French agricultural legislation in absence of provision for issuing permit — Whether residence permit sufficient — The law of France.

The individual in international law — Aliens — Position of — Treatment by and responsibilities of receiving State — National teatment — Franco-Belgian Convention on Establishment, 1927 — Most-favoured-nation clause — Right to cultivate land — Whether right may be made conditional on issue of permit — Function of permit — Right to cultivate land and enjoy benefits of French agricultural legislation in absence of provision for issuing permit — Whether residence permit sufficient — The law of France.