Factory at Chorzów (Merits)

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case of the Permanent Court of International Justice international court judgment landmark case in international law

Factory at Chorzów (Merits) is a landmark 1928 judgment of the Permanent Court of International Justice that established foundational principles on state responsibility and the standard of reparation in international law.

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Chorzów Factory case (Merits)	1
Factory at Chorzów (Germany v. Poland)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	case of the Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ international court judgment ⓘ landmark case in international law ⓘ
applicantState	Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
citationStyle	Factory at Chorzów (Germany v. Poland), Merits, Judgment, 1928, P.C.I.J. Ser. A, No. 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ
courtSeat	The Hague NERFINISHED ⓘ
decidingCourt	Permanent Court of International Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionDate	1928-09-13 ⓘ
establishesDoctrine	full reparation principle in international law ⓘ principle of restitutio in integrum ⓘ standard of compensation for unlawful expropriation ⓘ
frequentlyCitedFor	measure of damages in international investment arbitration ⓘ standard of reparation in state responsibility ⓘ
fullName	Case concerning the Factory at Chorzów (Merits) NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicalContext	Chorzów NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	aftermath of World War I ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
influencedBody	International Court of Justice jurisprudence on reparations ⓘ
influencedInstrument	International Law Commission Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesState	Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyPrinciple	any breach of an engagement involves an obligation to make reparation ⓘ compensation must cover both damnum emergens and lucrum cessans ⓘ if restitution is impossible, reparation must take the form of compensation ⓘ reparation must as far as possible wipe out all the consequences of the illegal act ⓘ reparation must place the injured party in the position it would have been in if the wrongful act had not been committed ⓘ restitution in kind is the primary form of reparation ⓘ
languageOfJudgment	English translation available ⓘ French ⓘ
legalField	international investment protection ⓘ law of state responsibility ⓘ public international law ⓘ reparations in international law ⓘ
legalStatus	authoritative precedent in international law scholarship ⓘ
originatingTreatyContext	Geneva Convention concerning Upper Silesia (1922) GENERATED ⓘ
phaseOfProceedings	merits ⓘ
proceduralPosture	judgment on the merits following a prior jurisdictional decision ⓘ
region	Europe ⓘ
relatedCase	Factory at Chorzów (Jurisdiction) NERFINISHED ⓘ
respondentState	Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
seriesNumber	P.C.I.J. Series A No. 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	Chorzów Factory (Merits) NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	expropriation of industrial property ⓘ standard of reparation ⓘ state responsibility for internationally wrongful acts ⓘ
yearDecided	1928 ⓘ

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P.C.I.J. Series A, No. 17 → caseName → Factory at Chorzów (Merits) ⓘ

P.C.I.J. Series A, No. 17 → caseNumber → Factory at Chorzów (Merits) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Factory at Chorzów (Germany v. Poland)

P.C.I.J. Series A, No. 17 → shortName → Factory at Chorzów (Merits) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chorzów Factory case (Merits)