Nuclear weapons under international law /

"Nuclear Weapons Under International Law is a comprehensive treatment of nuclear weapons under key international law regimes. It critically reviews international law governing nuclear weapons with regard to the inter-state use of force, international humanitarian law, human rights law, disarmam...

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Group Author: Nystuen, Gro; Casey-Maslen, Stuart; Bersagel, Annie Golden, 1983
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "Nuclear Weapons Under International Law is a comprehensive treatment of nuclear weapons under key international law regimes. It critically reviews international law governing nuclear weapons with regard to the inter-state use of force, international humanitarian law, human rights law, disarmament law, and environmental law, and discusses where relevant the International Court of Justice's 1996 Advisory Opinion. Unique in its approach, it draws upon contributions from expert legal scholars and international law practitioners who have worked with conventional and non-conventional arms control
Carrier Form: xviii, 503 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN: 9781107042742 (hardback) :
1107042747 (hardback)
Index Number: KZ5665
CLC: D995
Call Number: D995/N964-1
Contents: Part I. Nuclear Weapons and Jus Ad Bellum -- Introduction : Gro Nystuen and Stuart Casey-Maslen -- Using force by means of nuclear weapons and requirements of necessity and proportionality ad bellum / Nobuo Hayashi -- Legality under jus ad bellum of the threat of use of nuclear weapons / Nobuo Hayashi -- Nuclear weapons and the separation of jus ad bellum and jus in bello / Jasmine Moussa -- Part II. Nuclear Weapons and International Humanitarian Law -- The use of nuclear weapons under rules governing the conduct of hostilities / Stuart Casey-Maslen -- Nuclear weapons and the unnecessary suf
Part III. International Criminal Law -- Use of nuclear weapons as genocide, a crime against humanity, or a war crime / Stuart Casey-Maslen -- Use of nuclear weapons as an international crime and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court / Annie Golden Bersagel -- Part IV. International Environmental Law -- Use of nuclear weapons and protection of the environment during international armed conflict / Erik V. Koppe -- Environmental approaches to nuclear weapons / Martina Kunz and Jorge E.Viänuales -- The testing of nuclear weapons under international law / Don MacKay -- Part V. Int
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty / Gro Nystuen and Torbj²rn Graff Hugo -- The legal meaning and implications of Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty / Daniel H. Joyner -- Armed non-state actors and 'nuclear terrorism' / Stuart Casey-Maslen -- Part VI. International Human Rights Law -- Human rights law and nuclear weapons / Louise Doswald-Beck -- The right to a remedy and reparation for the use of nuclear weapons / Stuart Casey-Maslen -- Part VII. The Legality of Nuclear Weapons under International Law -- Conclusions on the status of nuclear weapons under international law / Gro Ny