Weapons and the law of armed conflict / William H. Boothby.
2016
KZ5624 .B66 2016 (Mapit)
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Weapons and the law of armed conflict / William H. Boothby.
Edition
Second edition.
Imprint
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Copyright
©2016.
Description
xxxvii, 422 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
The evolution of the law of weaponry
Components of the international law of weaponry
The use of weapons and the law of targeting
Customary principles-superfluous injury and unnecessary suffering
Customary principles-indiscriminate weapons
Weapons and the environment
Conventional Weapons Convention
Poison, poisoned weapons, asphyxiating gases, biological and chemical weapons
Firearms, bullets, and analogous projectiles
Mines, booby-traps, and other devices
Rules relating to other specific technologies
Nuclear weapons
Applying weapons law to particular weapon systems
Cluster munitions
Maritime and outer space weapons
Unexploded and abandoned weapons
Non-international armed conflict
Compliance with international weapons law
Technology, humanitarian concern, and the future.
The evolution of the law of weaponry
Components of the international law of weaponry
The use of weapons and the law of targeting
Customary principles-superfluous injury and unnecessary suffering
Customary principles-indiscriminate weapons
Weapons and the environment
Conventional Weapons Convention
Poison, poisoned weapons, asphyxiating gases, biological and chemical weapons
Firearms, bullets, and analogous projectiles
Mines, booby-traps, and other devices
Rules relating to other specific technologies
Nuclear weapons
Applying weapons law to particular weapon systems
Cluster munitions
Maritime and outer space weapons
Unexploded and abandoned weapons
Non-international armed conflict
Compliance with international weapons law
Technology, humanitarian concern, and the future.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-407) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KZ5624 .B66 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780198728504 (hardback)
0198728506 (hardback)
0198728506 (hardback)
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