An edition of Weapons and the law of armed conflict
(2009)
Weapons and the law of armed conflict
by William H. Boothby
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This is an examination of the international law of armed conflict as it applies to weapons. The text interprets the rules governing the use of weapons and discusses the factors influencing developments in the law.
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Weapons and the law of armed conflict
2009, Oxford University Press
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The evolution of the law of weaponry
Components of the international law of weaponry
The use of weapons and the law of targeting
Customary principles-superfluous injury and unnecessary suffering
Customary principles-indiscriminate weapons
Weapons and the environment
Conventional weapons convention
Poison, poisoned weapons, asphyxiating gases, biological and chemical weapons
Firearms, bullets, and analogous projectiles
The rules relating to mines, booby-traps, and other devices
Rules relating to other specific technologies
Nuclear weapons
Applying weapons law to particular weapon systems
Cluster munitions
Weapons in sea warfare
Unexploded and abandoned weapons
Non-international armed conflict
Compliance with international weapons law
Technology, humanitarian concern, and international weapons law
The future of weapons law.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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