Advisory Opinion on the Jurisdiction of the Courts of Danzig

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advisory opinion decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice international court decision

The Advisory Opinion on the Jurisdiction of the Courts of Danzig was a landmark decision by the Permanent Court of International Justice clarifying the legal status and judicial authority of the Free City of Danzig’s courts under international agreements in the interwar period.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
courts of the Free City of Danzig	2

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	advisory opinion ⓘ decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ international court decision ⓘ
appliesTo	Advisory Opinion on the Jurisdiction of the Courts of Danzig self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: courts of the Free City of Danzig interpretation of international agreements binding on Danzig ⓘ
characteristic	authoritative interpretation of international agreements concerning Danzig ⓘ landmark decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ
citedIn	scholarship on international institutional law ⓘ scholarship on the Free City of Danzig ⓘ studies of the relationship between international law and domestic courts ⓘ
clarified	extent of jurisdiction of Danzig courts in matters governed by international agreements ⓘ judicial authority of Danzig courts under international agreements ⓘ relationship between Danzig courts and international obligations ⓘ
concerns	Free City of Danzig ⓘ
context	League of Nations era ⓘ interwar European territorial settlements ⓘ
countryOfCourt	Netherlands ⓘ
court	Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ
decidingBody	judges of the Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ
historicalSignificance	clarified how international obligations were implemented through local courts in Danzig ⓘ illustrates role of the Permanent Court of International Justice in supervising special territorial regimes ⓘ
issuedBy	Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalEffect	contributed to development of principles on the relationship between international law and municipal law ⓘ influenced later jurisprudence on domestic courts and international obligations ⓘ
legalField	international institutional law ⓘ international law ⓘ treaty interpretation ⓘ
legalSystemConcerned	Advisory Opinion on the Jurisdiction of the Courts of Danzig self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: courts of the Free City of Danzig
partOf	jurisprudence of the Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ
placeOfCourt	The Hague ⓘ
relatedTo	Free City of Danzig ⓘ League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces ⓘ surface form: League of Nations mandate system international status of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ international supervision of Danzig ⓘ jurisdictional competence of domestic courts under international law ⓘ
subject	interpretation of international agreements applicable to the Free City of Danzig ⓘ jurisdiction of the courts of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ legal status of the courts of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
timePeriod	interwar period ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Advisory Opinion on the Jurisdiction of the Courts of Danzig → appliesTo → Advisory Opinion on the Jurisdiction of the Courts of Danzig self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of the Free City of Danzig

Advisory Opinion on the Jurisdiction of the Courts of Danzig → legalSystemConcerned → Advisory Opinion on the Jurisdiction of the Courts of Danzig self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of the Free City of Danzig

Permanent Court of International Justice → significantCase → Advisory Opinion on the Jurisdiction of the Courts of Danzig ⓘ