Weapons and the law of armed conflict /
Boothby, William H.,
Weapons and the law of armed conflict / William H. Boothby. - Second edition. - xxxvii, 422 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-407) and index.
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.
9780198728504 (hbk.)
2015960854
Military weapons--Law and legislation.
Nuclear weapons (International law)
War (International law)
Humanitarian law.
KZ5624 / .B66 2016
Weapons and the law of armed conflict / William H. Boothby. - Second edition. - xxxvii, 422 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-407) and index.
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.
9780198728504 (hbk.)
2015960854
Military weapons--Law and legislation.
Nuclear weapons (International law)
War (International law)
Humanitarian law.
KZ5624 / .B66 2016