International law and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction / Daniel H. Joyner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joyner., author.

Contributor:

Daniel.

Series:

Oxford Monographs in International Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weapons of mass destruction (International law).

Nuclear fuels--Law and legislation.

Nuclear fuels.

Security, International.

Nuclear weapons (International law).

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Deterrence (Strategy).

Arms control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 378 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Summary:

This text analyses the international law and international organisations that have been constructed to regulate the worldwide proliferation of weapons technologies, particularly those that have been classified as weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.

Proliferation of WMD technologies is by no means a new concern for the international community. Indeed, since the signing of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty in 1968, tremendous energies have been expended upon diplomatic efforts to create a web of treaties and international organisations regulating the production and stockpiling of WMD sensitive materials within states, as well as their spread through the increasingly globalised channels of international trade to other states and non-state actors. However, the intervention in 2003 by Western powers in Iraq has served as an illustration of the importance of greater understanding of and attention to this area of law, as disagreements over its content and application have once again lead to a potentially destabilising armed intervention by members of the United Nations into the sovereign territory of another member state. Other ongoing disputes between states regarding the character of obligations assumed under non-proliferation treaty instruments, and the effect of international organisations' decisions in this area, form some of the most contentious and potentially destabilising issues of foreign policy concern for many states. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of international law and organisations in the area of WMD proliferation. It will serve both as a reference for understanding the law as it currently exists in its political and economic context, as well as an analysis of areas in which amendments to existing law and organisations are needed.

Contents:

The nuclear nonproliferation regime

The chemical and biological weapons non-proliferation regimes

The World Trade Organization and WMD dual-use export controls

Non-proliferation law and the United Nations system : the U.N. political bodies

Non-proliferation law and the United Nations system : the International Court of Justice

Counterproliferation policy

The challenges of counterproliferation : law and policy of the Iraq intervention

The challenges of counterproliferation : the proliferation security initiative

Jus ad bellum in the age of WMD proliferation.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-170947-6

0-19-154818-9

OCLC:

1114459056