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New war technologies and international lawthe legal limits to weaponising nanomaterials /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	New war technologies and international lawKobi Leins.
Reminder of title:	the legal limits to weaponising nanomaterials /
Author:	Leins, Kobi.
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :Cambridge University Press,2022.
Description:	xvii, 277 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Jan 2022).
Subject:	Military weaponsLaw and legislation.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108891974
ISBN:	9781108891974$q(electronic bk.)

New war technologies and international lawthe legal limits to weaponising nanomaterials /
Leins, Kobi.

New war technologies and international lawthe legal limits to weaponising nanomaterials /[electronic resource] :Kobi Leins. - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :Cambridge University Press,2022. - xvii, 277 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Jan 2022).

International law and the use of nanomaterials in war -- The three technologies using nanomaterials -- International treaty law -- International customary law and principles -- International environmental law and principles -- International human rights law -- Conclusion & recommendations.

The desire for humanity and the desire for security have co-existed as long as humans have been alive. As science has become increasingly sophisticated, so have the methods of self-defence by States. Nanotechnology is already changing warfare by increasing capabilities upon which armed forces are heavily reliant: more efficient energy storage, advanced photovoltaics, and improved military protective equipment to name a few of these developments. Some applications of nanomaterials by the military are both powerful and subtle, and have neurological and biological applications: 'devices that can infiltrate electronics and seize control at crucial moments, artificial "disease" agents that can rest harmlessly in victims' bodies until activated by an external signal'. The advance of the use or contemplation of use of these types of nanoscale applications by the military requires urgent analysis in light of existing international law, particularly in light of their potential effects on humans and on the environment.

ISBN: 9781108891974$q(electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Military weapons
--Law and legislation.

LC Class. No.: KZ5624 / .L45 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 341.6

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