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This chapter is part of: Colloques | Workshop Series > The Protection of the Environment and International Law Chapter information DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789028604940.25-650.42 Pages in print edition: 633-650 Colloques | Workshop Series Publication Editor: Académie de droit international de La Haye Brill | Nijhoff, Leiden | Boston , 1975 e-ISBN: 9789028604940 © 2014 Académie de droit international de La Haye and Koninklijke Brill NV ,

S. C. McCAFFREY [p243] BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Stephen C. McCaffrey, born 21 January 1945, in San Mateo, California, USA.[p247] Carol Olson Endowed Professor of International Law at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. BA degree from the University of Colorado (1967), JD degree from the University of California, Berkeley (1971), Dr. iur. degree from the University of Cologne (1974). 2017 Laureate of the Stockholm Water Prize, presented by the King of Sweden. Two terms on the …

Showalter, Dennis - The Indianization of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, 1917–18: An Imperial Turning Point Keywords: British Army | Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) | Great War | Indian Army | Sir Edmund Allenby ISFWWS-Keywords: India | Middle East | Military organisation of combat | The Ottoman Empire and the Middle East | The French and British Empires | Experience of combat | Aviation | Religion | Science | Technology | Medicine Abstract: When Sir Edmund Allenby ceremonially walked into Jerusalem on 11 December 1917, he symbolized the end of the Britis…

I. Pastoral nomads of Arabian blood, speech, and culture are found in the Arabian Peninsula proper and in parts of Iran, Soviet Turkestan, North Africa, and the Sudan. This article is limited to their way of life in their home territory. Unlike primitive hunting and gathering, pastoral nomadism is a sophisticated System of exploiting land incapable of cultivation. Later to arise than agriculture, pastoralism utilises seven species of domestic animals: the sheep, goat, and ox, domesticated in Neolithic times as part of the ¶ herding and sowing complex of Western Asia; the ass, …

The United States of America Demographics (United Nations) Population 331,432,000 Area 9,500,000 sq. km (3,700,000 sq. mi) Population density 35/sq. km (90/sq. mi) Growth rate p.a. 0.71% (per 1,000: births 13, deaths 9) Under 15 years 19% Urban dwellers 83% (0.96% p.a.) Largest cities New York 18,804,000; Los Angeles 12,447,000; Chicago 8,865,000; Houston 6,371,000; Dallas 6,301,000; plus 139 over 300,000 Languages & peoples (World Christian Database) Mother tongues 69% English, 15% Spanish, 2% French, 2% Arabic, 1% Chinese, plus 253 others Peoples 38% USA White; 12% African …

Brown Weiss, Edith Keywords: International watercourses | Water | Shared natural resources | Conventions | Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (New York, 21 May 1997) | International dispute settlement | Human rights | International trade | World Trade Organization | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade | International trade | Mots clefs: Cours d'eau internationaux | Eau | Ressources naturelles partagées | conventions | Convention sur le droit relatif aux utilisations des cours d'eau internationaux à des fins autres q…

A. Fitzmaurice, Malgosia Keywords: Environmental protection | International environmental law | Environmental damage | Accountability | Judicial settlement of international disputes | Non-compliance | Mots clefs: Protection de la nature et de l environnement | ABSTRACT International environmental law is part and parcel of international law and it should be viewed from that perspective, according to Professor Fitzmaurice, Professor at Queen Mary College at the University of London. Certain features of international environmental la…

Colliard, Claude-Albert Keywords: Boundary wateWater | Mots clefs: Cours d eau frontières | ABSTRACT Claude-Albert Colliard writes in the introduction to his course that international river law is obviously a part of entire public international law, but it presents the analysis of particular features. Two notions seem to characterize international river law: a notion of relativity or specificity, and a notion of finality. From these notions, the author examines the questions related to the use of rivers and b…

Water Resources and International Law Publication Editor: Académie de droit international de La Haye Brill | Nijhoff, Leiden | Boston , 2005 Chapter sections I International Law pp. 615-690 II Regional Studies pp. 690-753 III Miscellanea pp. 753-754 IV Addition To The Bibliography pp. 754-756 This chapter is part of: Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations > Water Resources and International Law Chapter information DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004137028.3-756.15 Pages in print edition: 605-756 Centre for Studies and Research in Internatio…

Concluded in Washington, DC, 28 September 1995. Entered into force, 28 September 1995. Text available from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs; reprinted in 36 ILM 551 (1997).Document: III.Q.11Part of: III.Q RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATIONStatus information INTERIM AGREEMENTThe Government of the Stale of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (hereinafter “the PLO”), the representative of the Palestinian people;PREAMBLEWithin the framework of the Middle East peace process initiated at Madrid in October 1991; Reaffirming their determination to put an end t…

(a.), court. The subject-matter of this article is the administration of justice, and the organisation of its administration, in the Muslim countries, the office of the judge being dealt with in the art. ḳāḍī . The following topics are covered: 1. General The judicial functions of the Prophet, which had been expressly attributed to him in the Ḳurʾān (IV, 65, 105; V, 42, 48-9; XXIV, 48, 51), were taken over after his death by the first caliphs, who administered the law in person in Medina. Already under ʿUmar, the expansion of the Islami…

Zemanek, Karl Keywords: State succession | Mots clefs: Succession d états | ABSTRACT Karl Zemanek supports his presentation of modern problems of State succession on the analysis of relevant contemporary international practice. He attempts to isolate the typical forms of behavior and to measure the behavior according to the principles of international law for studying their legal meaning, since not all behaviors are custom creators. The author successively examines the succession in fact, succession to treat…

Water Resources and International Law Publication Editor: Académie de droit international de La Haye Brill | Nijhoff, Leiden | Boston , 2005 Chapter sections Section 1 Introduction pp. 209-210 Section 2 Ownership Of Water pp. 210-218 Section 3 The Price Of Water pp. 218-224 Section 4 Water As A Tradable Commodity pp. 224-232 Section 5 Investments In Water pp. 232-236 Section 6 Concluding Remarks pp. 236-238 This chapter is part of: Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations > Water Resources and International Law Chapter information DOI: 10.1163/e…

Lüdke, Tilman - Strange Fronts, Strange Wars: Germany’s Battle for “Islam” in the Middle East during the First World War, and British Reactions ISFWWS-Keywords: Religion | Politics | Middle East | The Ottoman Empire and the Middle East | Germany | Britain Other Fronts, Other Wars? Joachim Bürgschwentner, Matthias Egger and Gunda Barth-Scalmani , (2014) Publication Editor: Brill, The Netherlands, 2014 e-ISBN: 9789004279513 DOI: 10.1163/9789004279513_019 © 2014 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands Lüdke, Tilman

Water Resources and International Law Publication Editor: Académie de droit international de La Haye Brill | Nijhoff, Leiden | Boston , 2005 Chapter sections Section 1 Introduction pp. 281-282 Section 2 The Principle Of Co-Operation And Its corollaries pp. 282-290 Section 3 The Obligation To Exchange Data And information pp. 290-296 Section 4 The Obligation Of Notification pp. 296-322 Section 5 The Obligation To Enter Into consultations pp. 322-328 Section 6 The Establishment Of Institutional mechanisms pp. 328-336 Section 7 Concluding Remarks: Evolutionand Consolidation pp. 33…

Water Resources and International Law Publication Editor: Académie de droit international de La Haye Brill | Nijhoff, Leiden | Boston , 2005 Chapter sections Section 1 The Duty To Settle Internationaldisputes Over Non-Navigational Uses of Water courses Peacefully pp. 343-352 Section 2 Non-Adjudicative Means pp. 352-372 Section 3 Adjudicative Means pp. 372-384 Section 4 Some Final Remarks pp. 384-387 This chapter is part of: Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations > Water Resources and International Law Chapter information DOI: 10.1163/ej…

OF IRAN, one of the oldest Jewish populations in the Diaspora. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 1, pp. 89-112 This entry will be divided into the following sub-entries: JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES i. INTRODUCTION Jewish communities have been living upon the Persian plateau since ca. 721 BCE, when King Sargon II (r. 721-705 BCE) relocated large communities of conquered Israelites “in the cities of the Medes” (western and northern regions of present-day Persia; 2 Kings 17:6; 18:10-11). The most signific…

, the Jordan, Hebrew (ha) Yardēn, but in LXX, Josephus, Pliny and others ó ¶ ΙορδάνηΣ. The etymology of the word is obscure and it is even thought by some to be a loanword (cf. the river name ΙαρδανοΣ in Crete). After the Crusades the name al-S̲h̲arīʿa (al-kabīra), the “(great) watering-place” came into use and is still the most usual name among the Beduins. 1. The Jordan is formed by the combination of three streams: al-Ḥasbānī, Nahr Leddān and Nahr Bānyās. Shortly after their junction, the Jordan reaches the Ḥūle district and here flows through the lake of…

, ( wādī ʿaraba ), is the southern extension of the Jordan fault, which includes the deep depression of the Dead Sea. The term ʿAraba in the Old Testament refers also to the Jordan Valley. From approximately three to five miles in width, the Wādī ʿAraba extends for about 110 miles between the south end of the Dead Sea and the north end of the Gulf of ʿAḳaba, which is the east arm of the Red Sea. Along much of its length are numerous ancient copper mining and smelting sites. They were probably worked…

Jordan ‮יַרְדֵּן‬‎ Typology: the Jordan as baptismal immersion, the threshold to new life 1 In the Old Testament a) Eli…