The limitations of the law of armed conflicts : new means and methods of warfare : essays in memory of Rosario Domínguez Matés / edited by Pablo Antonio Fernández-Sánchez.
"In the law of armed conflicts, one of the elements that has changed the most has been the means and methods of warfare. Yet there are few legal answers for the many questions these changes pose. This volume, therefore, seeks to identify the limitations of current international law on this doub...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill Nijhoff,
[2022]
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| Summary: | "In the law of armed conflicts, one of the elements that has changed the most has been the means and methods of warfare. Yet there are few legal answers for the many questions these changes pose. This volume, therefore, seeks to identify the limitations of current international law on this double plane, the means and methods of combat, and to offer insights about how to address them. Topics include the use of nuclear energy, which without being a weapon, can have the same effect as one, chemical and biological weapons, autonomous artificial intelligence weapons, and biobots. Similarly, fake news, the hostile use of cyberspace, lawfare, the use of big data, terrorism as a combat method, premeditated poisoning, sexual humiliation, the impact of such news on the armed forces and the reorganization needed to face the new scenarios are all situations not contemplated in classical law and which require new legal and operational responses"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 417 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004468862 9789004468863 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 22, 2022). |