عنوان

The evolution of international restraints on chemical weapons and land mines :

شماره

TLets750535

عنوان اصلي

The evolution of international restraints on chemical weapons and land mines :

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Powell, Maria Elena

عنوان اصلي به قلم نويسنده ديگر

the interplay between international humanitarian law and arms control

نام ساير پديدآوران

Wilkinson, Paul

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University of St Andrews

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

1997

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

University of St Andrews

امتياز متن

1997

متن يادداشت

Weapons are acquired to protect the national security interests of the state: they may be used to settle disputes between one state and another, or they are accumulated as a defensive precaution to dissuade any future or offensive military action. Quite often, weapons are used in great quantities in various internal conflicts to the detriment of the individual, both civilian and combatant. Over time, the international community has developed certain humanitarian principles, norms, treaties and control mechanisms to reduce tensions between states, and to lessen the consequences of unrestrained weapons use. International Humanitarian Law (IHL) or the Law of War seeks to regulate or prohibit the use of particular weapons based on the principle that the means of injuring one's enemies are not unlimited, and that there should be restraints on weapons which are indiscriminate or cause unnecessary suffering. Arms control and disarmament law seeks to limit or even prohibit the use, transfer or trade, production, and stockpiling of certain weapons. There is an interplay between these two approaches when the weapon in question is being restrained because of its perceived nature. Two weapons that have evoked calls for prohibition or restriction because of their pernicious nature are chemical weapons and land mines. Currently, in the Post-Cold War security environment, both these weapons are high on the international political and security agenda rendering them relevant subjects for a comparative study. This thesis examines the respective histories of these regimes of restraint and attempts to determine what lessons may be drawn in comparing efforts to place legal prohibitions on so-deemed inhumane or intolerable weapons. By examining the main similarities and differences in responses to chemical weapons and land mines, it may possible to understand what criteria are necessary for prohibiting a weapon on humanitarian grounds.

موضوع مستند نشده

Arms control

موضوع مستند نشده

JX1974.P7

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Powell, Maria Elena

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Wilkinson, Paul

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

University of St Andrews

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y