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The Astrolabe

An ancient instrument for solving problems of location and distance, as well as time

Astrolábon órganon is the word used in Ptolemaeus Syntaxis 5.1 to describe a form of armillary sphere consisting of both fixed and rotating rings for determining the ecliptic co-ordinates of stars. Also called astrolabe were two-dimensional representations of the celestial sphere: over fixed disks with a representation of the horizon of the earth (in each case for a specific geographic latitude) and its parallels up to the zenith lies a rotating representation of the heavens (called ‘spider’ or ‘net’) with zodiac and indicators for some of the brightest stars. On the back is an indicator (‘alidade’) with visor plates for calculating the height of the stars. The astrolabe allows its user to determine the hours of day and night, the positions of stars, and the height and depth of objects on earth (mountains, buildings, wells). The oldest extant descriptions of the flat, planispheric astrolabe come from Iohannes Philoponus, 6th century AD, and (in Syrian) from Severus Sebokht, c. 660 AD. Indirect references may date back as early as Theon (4th cent.). Between the 8th and the 9th centuries the Arabs appropriated the knowledge of the astrolabe. At the end of the 10th century and again in the 12th century, they passed it on to Western Europe, where astrolabes were constructed up until the 17th cent. Today, one Byzantine astrolabe (from 1062) is extant, as are some 750 Arabic-Islamic astrolabes and approximately the same number of European astrolabes.

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An International Law Miscellany

Shabtai Rosenne

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Publication year: 1993


ISBN-13 (i)The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) has been changed from 10 to 13 digits on 1 January 2007:	978 07 92 31742 5
ISBN-10:	07 92 31742 4

Cover:	Hardback
Number of pages:	868 pp.

List price:	€ 418.00 / US$ 590.00

Table of contents

Preface.
Abbreviations.
Table of Cases.
Part I: The International Court of Justice and International Litigation.
1. The Time Factor in the Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.
I. Introduction.
II. Personal Jurisdiction.
III. Material Jurisdiction.
IV. Miscellaneous Temporal Conditions.
V. Conclusions.
2. Reflections on the Position of the Individual in Inter-State Litigation in the International Court of Justice.
3. L'Affaire de l'ALABAMA.
4. The reconceptualization of Objections in the International Court of Justice.
5. Some Procedural Aspects of the English Channel Continental Shelf Arbitration.
6. Equitable Principles and the Compulsory Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.
7. The Position of the International Court of Justice on the Foundations of the Principle of Equity in International Law.
8. Reflections on International Arbitration and Litigation in the International Court of Justice.
9. The Agent Litigation in the International Court of Justice.
Part II: The Law of Treaties and the Sources of Law.
10. Succession of States and the Codification of the Law of Treaties.
11. Problems of Treaty-Making Competence: Reflections on the Vienna Convention of 1969 and the Kamiar Case.
12. Bilateralism and Community Interest in the Codified Law of Treaties.
13. 'Consent' and Related Words in the Codified Law of Treaties.
14. A Posteriori Reflections on the Vienna Convention on the Law of the Treaties.
15. The Meaning of 'Authentic Text' in Modern Treaty Law.
16. Participation in the Geneva Conventions (1864-1949)and the Additional Protocols of 1977.
17. Conceptualism as a Guide to Treaty Interpretation.
18. International Law as it Stands at the End of the Twentieth Century.
Part III: The Law of the Sea.
19. Reflections of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea.
20. UNCLOS III - The Montreux (Riphagen)Compromise.
Part IV: Jewish and Israeli Matters.
21. The Influence of Judaism on the Development of International Law.
22. Sovereignty within the Law - Jewish Law.
23. The Protection of Certain Jewish Interests in the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice.
24. The Concept of 'Territorial Sea' in the Talmud.
25. The United Nations and Israel's War of Independence.
26. Bunche at Rhodes: Diplomatic Negotiater.
27. Israel and the First United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea: The Strait of Tiran.
Part V: In Memoriam.
28. Sir Hersch Lauterpacht's Concept of the Task of the International Judge.
29. Jacob Robinson.

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Winner of The Hague Prize for International Law 2004.

This collection of 29 essays by Shabtai Rosenne commences with a reproduction of his monograph The Time Factor in the Jurisdiction of the International Court, first published in 1960. A postcript has been added drawing attention to significant developments since. The remaining essays are devided into five parts, as follows: The International Court of Justice and International Litigation; The Law of Treaties and the Sources of Law; The Law of the Sea; Jewish and Israeli Matters; and In Memoriam.
Some of these essays, notably those on Jewish and Israeli Matters, were originally written in Hebrew and have been especially translated for this volume. All the materials have been updated since their original publication.

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