Legal Resolution of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Disputes

James Fry explores the use of international courts and tribunals to settle disputes over nuclear weapons and nuclear material.

List of contents

Part I. Introduction: 1. Foundational elements of the study; 2. Definitions, delimitations and disclaimers of the study; Part II. Security Council Involvement with Nuclear Non-Proliferation Disputes under UN Charter Chapter VII: 3. Exploring potential problems with Security Council involvement; Part III. Legal Resolution and Nuclear Non-Proliferation Disputes: 4. The history of legal resolution with similarly sensitive disputes as nuclear non-proliferation disputes; 5. Jurisdiction over nuclear non-proliferation disputes; 6. Justiciability of nuclear non-proliferation disputes; Part IV: 7. Conclusion.

About the author

James D. Fry is Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, where he is also Director of the LLM programme and Deputy Director of the Japan and Korea programme.

Summary

While legal resolution is not necessarily the panacea to the world's problems with nuclear proliferation, it nevertheless represents an option that States and commentators have all too often ignored. James Fry examines the legal grounds for the resolution of such disputes through the International Court of Justice and international arbitration.

Product details

• Authors: James D Fry, James D. Fry, James D. (The University of Hong Kong) Fry, Fry James D.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107041295
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04129-5
• No. of pages: 514
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Law, LAW / International, International Relations, Public International Law, Civil procedure, litigation & dispute resolution