Collins, Lawrence Keywords: States | Government | Claims | Restitution | Cases | Trials | Mots clefs: Etats | Gouvernement | Réclamations | Restitution | Affaires | Litige | ABSTRACT This course of Lawrence Collins, Lord Justice of Appeal, concerns the political or public law claims made by States in foreign courts and begins with mentioning two claims about 150 years apart, involving two colourful characters, Louis Kossuth of Hungary and President Obiang of Equatorial Guinea. After presenting an historic overview of the fac…