International law, politics and inhumane weapons : the effectiveness of global landmine regimes / Alan Bryden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryden, Alan, author.

Series:

Law, Conflict and International Relations

Law, conflict and international relations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanitarian law.

Land mines (International law).

Mines (Military explosives) (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon [U.K.] ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contributes to contemporary debates on the effectiveness of international humanitarian law (IHL) in regulating or prohibiting inhumane weapons, such as landmines.Two treaties have emerged under IHL in response to the humanitarian scourge of landmines. However, despite a considerable body of related literature, clear understandings have not been established on the effectiveness of these international legal frameworks in meeting the challenges that prompted their creation. This book seeks to address this lacuna. An analytical framework grounded in regime theory helps m

Contents:

International Law, Politics and Inhumane Weapons The effectiveness of global landmine regimes; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 The design, implementation and effectiveness of global landmine regimes; 2 Regimes prohibiting the use in war of poison gas and dum dum bullets; 3 The emergence of the landmine regimes; 4 Implementing the landmine regimes; 5 Humanitarian demining; 6 Stockpile destruction; 7 The effectiveness of global landmine regimes; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-21996-X

1-283-60640-2

9786613918857

1-136-21997-8

0-203-09680-0

9780203096802

OCLC:

811506096