The Use of Nuclear Weapons and the Protection of the Environment During International Armed Conflict

by Erik Koppe

In 1996, the International Court of Justice delivered an Advisory Opinion on the legality of the use of nuclear weapons in which the Court stated that "while the existing international law relating to the protection and safeguarding of the environment does not specifically prohibit the use of nuclear weapons it indicates important environmental factors that are properly to be taken into account in the context of the implementation of the principles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841137456
• ISBN13: 9781841137452
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"