Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: The Relevance of International Law / Elliott L. Meyrowitz.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Human Rights and Humanitarian Law - Book Archive pre-2000 | International and Comparative Criminal Law Series ; 2.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 1990Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 online resource (350 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- 9789004636118
- 341.7/34 23
- JX5133.A7
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Elliott L. Meyrowitz -- Acknowledgments / Elliott L. Meyrowitz -- List of Abbreviations / Elliott L. Meyrowitz -- Preface / Elliott L. Meyrowitz -- Chapter I Limitations on Weapons and Methods of Warfare / Elliott L. Meyrowitz -- Chapter II The Official United States Position on the Legal Status of Nuclear Weapons / Elliott L. Meyrowitz -- Chapter III The Opinions of Legal Scholars on the Legal Status of Nuclear Weapons / Elliott L. Meyrowitz -- Chapter IV The Baruch Plan: A Proposal for Atomic Disarmament / Elliott L. Meyrowitz -- Chapter V Conclusion / Elliott L. Meyrowitz -- Back Matter -- Notes / Elliott L. Meyrowitz -- Bibliography / Elliott L. Meyrowitz -- Index / Elliott L. Meyrowitz.
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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