1. In India the courts still draw a distinction between sovereign and non-sovereign acts of the state and make it immune from liability for the former. See Kasturi Lal Ralia Ram Jain y State of UP,AIR 1965 SC 1039.
2. See Bernard Schwartz: French Administrative Law and the Common Law World,257 (1954).
3. See s 12 of the Grundbuchordnung of 24.3. 1897, Preussian Law of Liability of the Officials of 1.8. 1909 and the Law on Liability of the Officials of the Empire of 22. 5. 1910.
4. Article 131 of the Weimar Constitution used the word `official’ in place of person and `authority’ in place of `public office’. The change in article 34 represents the interpretation of article 131 and therefore it is not a departure from it. See also article 300 of the Constitution of India which recognizes the liability of the state.
5. ] NJW, 25.