Weapons and the law of armed conflict / [electronic resource]
Boothby, William H.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2009.
This is an examination of the international law of armed conflict as it applies to weapons. The text interprets the rules governing the use of weapons and discusses the factors influencing developments in the law.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-403) and index.
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 -- The rules relating to mines, booby-traps, and other devices -- Rules relating to other specific technologies -- Nuclear weapons -- Applying weapons law to particular weapon systems -- Cluster munitions -- Weapons in sea warfare -- Unexploded and abandoned weapons -- Non-international armed conflict -- Compliance with international weapons law -- Technology, humanitarian concern, and international weapons law -- The future of weapons law.
This is an examination of the international law of armed conflict as it applies to weapons. The text interprets the rules governing the use of weapons and discusses the factors influencing developments in the law.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Description based on print version record.
Military weapons
Nuclear weapons (International law)
War (International law)
Humanitarian law.
Military weapons
Humanitarian law
International Law
Law, Politics & Government
Treaties, International