Société Air-Algérie v. Laribière

Abstract

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Over territory in general and persons and property situated therein — Territorial limits — Jurisdiction of French courts — Article 14 of Civil Code — Effect of Franco-Algerian Judicial Agreements — Right of French nationals to sue aliens outside French territory before French courts — Franco-Algerian Agreement providing for reciprocal rights of access by French and Algerian nationals to courts in both countries — Whether implicitly excluding application of Article 14 of Civil Code to Algerian national — Whether Algerian courts to be regarded as foreign courts — The law of France.