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Zusatztext A sharp critique of the approach taken by the United States towards the nuclear non- proliferation regime, particularly, but not only, during the years of the Bush Administration. Joyner has written a very important book. Informationen zum Autor Daniel Joyner is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law. He is the author of International Law and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (Oxford University Press, 2009). Klappentext The 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is one of the most controversial instruments in international law, provoking fierce debate as to its interpretation. This book argues that countries with nuclear weapons misrepresent the Treaty to prevent other states from developing peaceful nuclear energy, holding back nuclear disarmament in the process. Zusammenfassung The 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is one of the most controversial instruments in international law, provoking fierce debate as to its interpretation. This book argues that countries with nuclear weapons misrepresent the Treaty to prevent other states from developing peaceful nuclear energy, holding back nuclear disarmament in the process. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Introduction 1: Nuclear Energy and International Law 2: Approach to Interpretation 3: Nuclear-Weapon States' Nuclear policy and Interpretation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty 4: Legal Analysis of Nuclear-Weapon States' Interpretations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty 5: Developments After 2008: Change and Continuity
