Stuart Casey-Maslen (University of Pretoria)

Nuclear Weapons

Law, Policy, and Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new nuclear arms race is underway. This book describes in accessible language how and why it is happening, who still possesses nuclear weapons, and what constraints apply to those weapons under international law.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 171mm x 244mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9781009018661
• ISBN-10: 1009018663
• Artikelnr.: 62119010

Autorenporträt

Stuart Casey-Maslen is an Honorary Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He was the legal advisor to the Austria delegation in the diplomatic conference that negotiated the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2017. He has written or edited ten major works on different aspects of weapons law.

Inhaltsangabe

Cases and Materials
Introduction
1. The development of nuclear weapons
2. Use of nuclear weapons
3. The treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons
4. The testing of nuclear weapons
5. Agreements between Russia and the United States
6. Treaties prohibiting nuclear weapons
7. Verification
8. Use and testing of nuclear weapons under international law
Concluding remarks on the future of nuclear arms control and disarmament
Select bibliography.