Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: The Relevance of International Law /
The United States is the only nation to have used nuclear weapons in warfare and claims-not only through its State Department, but through a Congressional vote as late as 1999-that the use of nuclear weapons is lawful. Can such a claim, with its undeniable assurance of the greatest degree of destruc...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill | Nijhoff,
1990.
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Human Rights and Humanitarian Law - Book Archive pre-2000.
International and Comparative Criminal Law Series ;
2.
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Call Number: JX5133.A7
| Summary: | The United States is the only nation to have used nuclear weapons in warfare and claims-not only through its State Department, but through a Congressional vote as late as 1999-that the use of nuclear weapons is lawful. Can such a claim, with its undeniable assurance of the greatest degree of destruction of life and property this planet will ever have seen, be sustained? The author investigates this question as a prelude to a more extensive inquiry into the options of legal scholars on the legal status of nuclear weapons and international law. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (350 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004636118 |