Land Registry of Waldsassen v. The Towns of Eger (Cheb) and Waldsássen.

Abstract

States — Continuity of — Czechoslovakia — Effect of incorporation in German Reich — Significance of recognition received by Czechoslovak Government-in-exile in London — Concept of temporary extinction of a State — Whether possible to identify re-established State with former State by legal fiction.

Treaties — Conclusion of — Conditions of validity of — Duress — Munich Agreement, 1938 — Lack of consent of Czechoslovak Constituent Assembly — Whether Agreement void ab initio or became invalid subsequently.

State territory — In general — Effects of changes of sovereignty — Legal identity of municipalities after change of sovereignty — Validity of Munich Agreement, 1938 — Property rights of municipalities and change of sovereignty — Identity of municipality after change of population — Whether State can expropriate its own administrative districts — The law of Czechoslovakia — The law of Germany.