Nuclear Non-Proliferation in International Law - Volume I [Hardcover]

The volume discusses the legal interpretation and implementation of the three pillars of the Treaty of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1968, regarding the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons; the right to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes; and issues relating to nuclear disarmament. It examines the status of international law regarding nuclear capacity, considering competing legal approaches to the development of nuclear technology, non-proliferation, disarmament and regulating nuclear weapons within a contemporary international context.Nuclear Weapons, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament: A Comprehensive Audit of Relevant Legal Issues and International Concerns.- The Obligations of Nuclear-Weapon States Not to Transfer Nuclear Weapons and Devices (Art. I NPT).- The Meaning of Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Analysis under the rules of treaty interpretation.- The Non-Proliferation Regime and the NPT.- Civilian Casualties and Nuclear Weapons: The application of the rule of distinction.- Test-Bans and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization.- The Sovereign Right to Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy and International Environmental Law.- Indigenous Peoples in the Nuclear Age: Uranium mining on indigenous lands.- European Union Initiatives: Strategy against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Jonathan Black-Branch is Professor of International Law, Royal Holloway University of London and Chairman of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on Nuclear Weapons, Non-Proliferation & Contemporary International Law. Dieter Fleck is Former Director International Agreements & Policy, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany; Rapporteur of the ILA Committee on Nuclear Weapons, Non-Proliferation & Contemporary International Law.

With a Foreword by Mohamed ElBaradei, former Direl³J