Chorzów Factory case
E47946
international court case
judgment of the Permanent Court of International Justice
landmark case in international law
The Chorzów Factory case was a landmark 1928 decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice that established the foundational principle of full reparation for internationally wrongful acts in international law.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Case Concerning the Factory at Chorzów | 1 |
| Factory at Chorzów case | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
international court case
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judgment of the Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ landmark case in international law ⓘ |
| aroseFrom |
Inter-Allied Commission for Upper Silesia
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surface form:
German-Polish Convention regarding Upper Silesia
Inter-Allied Commission for Upper Silesia ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Silesia Convention
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| hasAlternativeName |
Chorzów Factory case
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surface form:
Factory at Chorzów case
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| hasCitation | P.C.I.J. Series A, No. 17 ⓘ |
| hasCountryParty |
Germany
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Poland ⓘ |
| hasCourt | Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ |
| hasDecisionType | merits judgment ⓘ |
| hasFullName |
Chorzów Factory case
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Case Concerning the Factory at Chorzów
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| hasHistoricalRegion | Silesia ⓘ |
| hasHolding |
damages must cover both damnum emergens and lucrum cessans
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reparation must re-establish the situation which would have existed if the wrongful act had not been committed ⓘ unlawful expropriation engages international responsibility ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
International Law Commission Articles on State Responsibility
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customary international law on reparation ⓘ investment treaty arbitration practice ⓘ jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | League of Nations ⓘ |
| hasKeyPrinciple |
compensation equivalent to the value of the undertaking at the moment of dispossession
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full reparation ⓘ reparation includes loss sustained and profit deprived ⓘ reparation must as far as possible wipe out all the consequences of the illegal act ⓘ restitutio in integrum ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfProceedings |
English
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French ⓘ |
| hasLegalField |
international economic law
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international investment law ⓘ law of state responsibility ⓘ public international law ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | leading authority on reparation in international law ⓘ |
| hasLocationOfFactory |
Chorzów
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Upper Silesia ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | Germany entitled to reparation ⓘ |
| hasPhase |
jurisdiction phase
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merits phase ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
expropriation
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international investment protection ⓘ reparation for internationally wrongful acts ⓘ state responsibility ⓘ treaty interpretation ⓘ |
| hasTemporalContext | interwar period ⓘ |
| hasYearOfDecision | 1928 ⓘ |
| isPrecededBy | jurisdiction judgment in the Factory at Chorzów case ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
Treaty of Versailles
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post-World War I territorial settlements ⓘ |
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Factory at Chorzów case
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Case Concerning the Factory at Chorzów