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OverviewThe United States is the only nation to have used nuclear weapons in warfare and claims - not only through its State Department, but through a Congressional vote as late as 1999 -that the use of nuclear weapons is lawful. Can such a claim, with its undeniable assurance of the greatest degree of destruction of life and property this planet will ever have seen, be sustained? The author investigates this question as a prelude to a more extensive inquiry into the options of legal scholars on the legal status of nuclear weapons and international law. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elliott MeyrowitzPublisher: Brill Imprint: Transnational Publishers Inc.,U.S. Weight: 0.753kg ISBN: 9780941320535ISBN 10: 0941320537 Pages: 350 Publication Date: 01 April 1990 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationDr Meyrowitz is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Michigan State University College of Law where he teaches, Weapons of Mass Destruction and International Law, International Criminal Law and Laws of War. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |