Arms Control Law

Contents: Introduction; Part I Nonproliferation as a Normative System: The jurisprudence of non-proliferation: taking international law seriously, David A. Koplow; International law and weapons of mass destruction: end of the arms control approach?, David P. Fidler. Part II Nuclear Weapons: The treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons: nuclear technology confronts world politics, Mason Willrich; The future of the NPT, John Simpson; Nuclear disarmament: how much have the five nuclear powers promised in the non-proliferation treaty?, George Bunn and Roland M. Timerbaev; The IAEA safeguards system, Laura Rockwood; The nuclear suppliers group: history and functioning, Daniel H. Joyner; Nuclear-weapon-free zones: a history and assessment, Jozef Goldblat; Something old, something new: the 2006 Semipalatinsk treaty on a nuclear weapon-free zone in Central Asia, Marco Roscini; Arms control law in crisis? A study of the North Korean nuclear issue, Masahiko Asada; Why less is more: law and policy considerations on the Iranian nuclear issue, Daniel H. Joyner. Part III Chemical and Biological Weapons: Chemical and biological weapons, Julian Perry Robinson; The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons: moving closer towards an international arms control organization? A quantum leap in the institutional law of arms control, Eric P.J. Myjer; The shortcomings of indeterminacy in arms control regimes: the case of the Biological Weapons Convention, Jack M. Beard; CBW export controls: towards regime integration?, Alexander Kelle. Part IV Missiles: Emptying the haunted air: the current and future missile control regime, Scott Jones; The ABM Treaty: changed circumstances, extraordinary events, supreme interests and international law, Rein M¼llerson. Part V The UN Security Council and Nonproliferation Law: Developments of the law of arms control as a result of the Iraq-Kuwait conflict, Dieter Fleck; Nuclear non-proliferation and the UN Security Council in a multipolar world: can international law protect states from the Security Council?, Daniel H. Joyner; Index.