Non-Lethal Weapons The Law Policy of Revolutionary Technologies for Military Law

Klappentext This book examines the rapidly evolving field of non-lethal weapons - systems that enable police and military officers to temporarily disable, incapacitate or deter opponents without causing death or permanent injury. Some types of non-lethal weapons are already familiar while others are just now finding a place in national arsenals. Most dramatically, a host of novel non-lethal weapons is about to cascade out of laboratories, affording soldiers and law enforcement personnel dazzling new capabilities to defeat enemies without causing excessive collateral damage. But with these inherent powers come new dangers. Military and law enforcement authorities have found themselves constrained by inadequate weaponry. An emerging category of 'non-lethal weapons' carries promise for resolving this dilemma, proffering new capabilities for disabling opponents without inflicting death or permanent injury. This book explores the new powers and inherent dangers of non-lethal weapons.

Product details

• Authors: David A. Koplow, David A. (Georgetown University Koplow
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 10.04.2006
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law
• EAN: 9780521857581
• ISBN: 978-0-521-85758-1
• Pages: 208