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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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The Rome II Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations

A New International Litigation Regime

Edited by John Ahern and William Binchy

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Publication year: 2009


ISBN-13 (i)The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) has been changed from 10 to 13 digits on 1 January 2007:	978 90 04 17193 0
ISBN-10:	90 04 17193 2

Cover:	Hardback
Number of pages:	xl, 480 pp.

List price:	€ 175.00 / US$ 259.00

Table of contents

Foreword; List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Case Index; Legislation Index

Introduction: Rome II – A Parliamentary Tale
Diana Wallis

Rome II: A True Piece of Community Law
Johan Meeusen
Has the Forum Lost Its Grip?
Janeen Carruthers
Rome II: Will it Prevent Forum Shopping and Take Account of the Consequences of Choice of Law?
Russell J. Weintraub
The Scope of ‘Non-Contractual Obligations’
Andrew Scott
The Significance of Close Connection
Richard Fentiman
Freedom to Choose the Applicable Law in Tort – Articles 14 and 4(3) of the Rome II Regulation
Thomas Kadner Graziano
The Application of Multiple Laws Under the Rome II Regulation
Alex Mills
Article 4 and Traffic Accidents
Jan von Hein
Product Liability under the Rome II Regulation
Peter Stone
Remedies and the Rome II Regulation
Adam Rushworth
The Treatment of Environmental Damage in Regulation Rome II
Michael Bogdan
Rome II and Choice of Law for Unjust Enrichment
Stephen G.A. Pitel
Rome II: Implications for Irish Tort Litigation
Liz Heffernan
The Limits of Rome II
Gernot Biehler

Appendices
- Regulation No. 864/2007 on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations (Rome II)
- Commission of the European Communities Proposal for a Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations, COM (2003) 427 fi nal 2003/0168 (COD)
- Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations, COM (2003) 427 final 2003/0168 (COD), 2004/C 241/01
- European Parliament Committee on Legal Aff airs, Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (“Rome II”) (COM(2003)0427–C5 0338/2003–2003/0168(COD)), A6–0211/2005
- Amended Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations, COM 2006 83 final
- European Parliament Recommendation for Second Reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations, 9751/7/2006–C6–0317/2006–2003/0168(COD)
- Joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee of a Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations, 2003/0168(COD) C6–0142/2007 PE-CONS3619/07

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Readership

Practitioners, academics and students interested in Private International Law at an EU level and its domestic impact.

About the author(s)

John Ahern is a postgraduate teaching assistant and Part-Time Lecturer in Law at Trinity College Dublin. He lectures in Conflicts of Law and is completing his Ph.D. on The Choice of Law in Tort.

William Binchy is Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin. He is the author of Irish Conflicts of Law. He has represented Ireland at the Hague Conference on Private International Law.

The Rome II Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations introduces a single choice-of-law regime for tort and other non-contractual obligations.

The Regulation has huge implications for international litigation relating to traffic accidents, product liability, environmental damage and infringement of intellectual property rights, for example. This book contains analysis of the Regulation by 15 experts from Europe and North America. It examines the core concepts and assesses the likely impact of the Regulation on claims for tort and unjust enrichment. It is an indispensable guide to the Regulation for legal practitioners, academics and students.

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