Nuclear Weapons Law: Where Are We Now?

ISBN-13: 9781316511428 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 246 str.

Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg

Opis

Shows how international law is central to ensuring the world's safety from the threat or use of nuclear weapons.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to the book; 2. Important legal preliminaries; 3. Resorting to the use of force in nuclear operations; 4. International and non-international armed conflicts; 5. The conduct of nuclear hostilities; 6. Neutrality; 7. Weapons law as it applies to nuclear weapons; 8. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes as they apply to nuclear operations; 9. Published national doctrines of nuclear weapon states; 10. The ICJ advisory opinion; 11. Nuclear disarmament and arms control; 12. Implications of international law for nuclear command, control and communications; Index.