International law and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
By: Daniel H. Joyner.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780199204908
Subjects: Weapons of mass destruction; Nuclear nonproliferation; Nuclear weapons (International law); Nuclear fuels -- Law and legislation; Security, International; Deterrence (Strategy); Arms control
Description: This text analyses the international law and international organisations that have been constructed to regulate the worldwide proliferation of weapons technologies, particularly those that have been classified as weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The nuclear nonproliferation regime; title: The chemical and biological weapons; title: The world trade organization and WMD dual-use export controls; title: Nonproliferation law and the United Nations system : The U.N. political bodies; title: Nonproliferation law and the United Nations system : the international court of justice; title: Counterproliferation policy; title: The challenges of counterproliferation : law and policy of the Iraq intervention; title: The challenges of counterproliferation : the proliferation security initiative; title: Jus ad bellum in the age of WMD proliferation.