Institut des Vins de Consommation Courante v. A. and M. Chabane

Abstract

States as international persons — State succession — Continuity of the law — Judgments of courts — Pending Actions — Dismemberment of States — France and Algeria — Appeals from decisions of administrative tribunals in Algeria rendered prior to independence — Actions concerning acts of French public authorities in Algeria prior to independence — Franco-Algerian Judicial Protocol of 1962 — Distinction between actions primarily concerning the French State and other actions — Transfer of powers and obligations of French authorities to Algerian State — Whether actions concerning the exercise of such powers concern the French or Algerian State — Whether French or Algerian tribunals are competent to hear such actions — The law of France.