Key legal question
Whether Art. 19 LDIP allowed consideration of Panamanian Labor Law No. 8 as foreign mandatory law
Extracted holding
The foreign rule could not be taken into account under Art. 19 LDIP.
Extracted reasoning
Even if the vessel's Panamanian flag created a sufficient link, the indemnity was not shown to pursue protection values manifestly preponderant under Swiss legal conceptions; it was a patrimonial severance payment, not a social protection substitute.