The use of nuclear weapons and the protection of the environment during international armed conflict / Erik Koppe.

In 1996, the International Court of Justice delivered an Advisory Opinion on the legality of the use of nuclear weapons in which the Court stated that 'while the existing international law relating to the protection and safeguarding of the environment does not specifically prohibit the use of n...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Koppe, Erik Vincent
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Hart Pub., 2008.
Series:Studies in international law (Stockholm, Sweden) ; v. 18.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Prelims; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Part I; I Nuclear Weapons in Historical Perspective; 1 Introduction; 2 Nuclear Physics; 3 The Manhatten Project; 4 The Hydrogen Bomb; 5 Developments Outside the United States; II Nuclear Weapons and Their Effects; 1 Introduction; 2 Nuclear Wepons Systems; 3 Nuclear Explosions; 4 The Effects of Nuclear Explosions; Part II; III The Protection of the Environment During International Armed Conflict Under Ius in Bello; 1 Introduction; 2 Direct Protection; 3 Indirect Protection.