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War Torn Environment: Interpreting the Legal Threshold (Hardcover)
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War Torn Environment: Interpreting the Legal Threshold (Hardcover)
Series: International Humanitarian Law Series, 7
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In the recent past the horrors of war have been demonstrated all
too vividly. Who would have believed that after Nuremberg there
would be any further need for war crimes tribunals, or for the
creation of an international criminal court? But, whilst people in
conflict countries suffer the mental and physical scars from
military bombardment, they also suffer the silent legacy of
environmental pollution. The world functions as one large
ecosystem: the contamination of one element inevitably feeding into
another. Pollution in peacetime has been greatly reduced, but what
is the wartime cost to the environment?
Wartime weaponry and tactics are strictly controlled by the
principles of humanitarian law, but international law can be a slow
creature. Are our militaries using weapons today that violate the
current laws of armed conflict? Or need new controls be drafted to
deal with the environmental, and inevitably human, consequences of
modern warfare? The book seeks to analyse the issues surrounding
the protection of the environment in times of armed conflict, and
to pose questions as to its adequacy and efficacy. But the focus is
not simply upon the interpretation of the legal provisions in
isolation; instead, the analysis establishes a benchmark standard
of environmental harm against which the adequacy and efficacy of
the legal provisions can be measured. At the centre of the analysis
are a number of case studies tackling the most modern weapons and
tactics, including the legality of depleted uranium weapons and
cluster bombs, the validity of striking chemical weapons facilities
and oil installations, and the responsibility for explosive and
non-explosive war debris.
General
Imprint: |
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
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Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
Series: |
International Humanitarian Law Series, 7 |
Release date: |
June 2004 |
First published: |
2004 |
Authors: |
Karen Hulme
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Dimensions: |
253 x 160 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
340 |
ISBN-13: |
978-90-04-13848-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Law >
Laws of other jurisdictions & general law >
Social law >
General
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LSN: |
90-04-13848-X |
Barcode: |
9789004138483 |
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