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International Law, the International Court of Justice and Nuclear Weapons

International Law, the International Court of Justice and Nuclear Weapons( )
Editor: Boisson de Chazournes, Laurence
Sands, Philippe
ISBN:978-0-521-65242-1
Publication Date:Aug 1999
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $147.00
Book Description:

On 8 July 1996 the International Court of Justice handed down two Advisory Opinions on the legality of nuclear weapons. This new book offers a comprehensive study of the opinions. More than thirty internationally respected experts contribute their analyses of the status of nuclear weapons in international law across all its sectors: use of force, humanitarian law, environment and human rights. The contributions also assess the implications of the opinions for international...
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Book Details
Pages:620
Detailed Subjects: Law / International
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.318 x 9.165 x 1.599 Inches
Book Weight:2.402 Pounds
Author Biography
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Philippe Sands was born in 1960 in London. He is a graduate of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, receiving his B.A. in 1982 and his LLM, first class honours in 1983. He finished his postgraduate studies at Cambridge and was a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School. He has held positions at numerous distinguished universities around the world. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1985. He has written numerous academic and general nonfiction books, newspaper articles, book reviews, and more. His books include Lawless World, and Torture Team. In 2016, he won the Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction, for East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity.

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