Nuclear Weapons - Law, Policy, and Practice

Offers an overview of international law, policy and practice on nuclear weapons.

List of contents

Cases and Materials; Introduction; 1. The development of nuclear weapons; 2. Use of nuclear weapons; 3. The treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons; 4. The testing of nuclear weapons; 5. Agreements between Russia and the United States; 6. Treaties prohibiting nuclear weapons; 7. Verification; 8. Use and testing of nuclear weapons under international law; Concluding remarks on the future of nuclear arms control and disarmament; Select bibliography.

About the author

Stuart Casey-Maslen is an Honorary Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He was the legal advisor to the Austria delegation in the diplomatic conference that negotiated the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2017. He has written or edited ten major works on different aspects of weapons law.

Summary

A new nuclear arms race is underway. This book describes in accessible language how and why it is happening, who still possesses nuclear weapons, and what constraints apply to those weapons under international law.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart Casey-Maslen, Stuart (University of Pretoria) Casey-Maslen, Casey-Maslen Stuart
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781316510858
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51085-8
• No. of pages: 450
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, military history, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Relations, Public International Law, Modern warfare, International humanitarian law, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Public international law: humanitarian law, International Organisations & Institutions, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General