New Technologies and the Law of Armed Conflict

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Introduction: Conundrum of New Technologies in the Law of Armed Conflict

   • Robert McLaughlin, Hitoshi Nasu

   Pages 1-17

3. General Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. The Legal Challenges of New Technologies: An Overview

      • William H. Boothby

      Pages 21-28

   3. Ethical Challenges of New Military Technologies

      • Stephen Coleman

      Pages 29-41

   4. Legal Review of New Technology Weapons

      • Damian P. Copeland

      Pages 43-55

4. Cyber Technology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. Where Do Cyber Hostilities Fit in the International Law Maze?

      • William H. Boothby

      Pages 59-73

   3. Geography, Territory and Sovereignty in Cyber Warfare

      • David Midson

      Pages 75-93

5. Outer Space Technology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

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   2. Military Strategic Use of Outer Space

      • Duncan Blake

      Pages 97-114

   3. The Law Applicable to Military Strategic Use of Outer Space

      • Duncan Blake

      Pages 115-140

6. Nanotechnology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Nanotechnology and the Law of Armed Conflict

      • Hitoshi Nasu

      Pages 143-157

   3. Anticipating the Biological Proliferation Threat of Nanotechnology: Challenges for International Arms Control Regimes

      • Margaret E. Kosal

      Pages 159-174

   4. Nanotechnology and Military Attacks on Photosynthesis

      • Thomas Faunce

      Pages 175-190

7. Unmanned Technologies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191

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   2. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Do They Pose Legal Challenges?

      • Ian Henderson, Bryan Cavanagh

      Pages 193-212

   3. Examining Autonomous Weapon Systems from a Law of Armed Conflict Perspective

      • Jeffrey S. Thurnher

      Pages 213-228

   4. Unmanned Naval Vehicles and the Law of Naval Warfare

      • Robert McLaughlin

      Pages 229-246

Modern technological development has been both rapid and fundamentally transformative of the means and methods of warfare, and of the broader environment in which warfare is conducted. In many cases, technological development has been stimulated by, and dedicated to, addressing military requirements. On other occasions, technological developments outside the military sphere affect or inform the conduct of warfare and military expectations. The introduction of new technologies such as information technology, space technologies, nanotechnology and robotic technologies into our civil life, and into warfare, is expected to influence the application and interpretation of the existing rules of the law of armed conflict. In this book, scholars and practitioners working in the fields critically examine the potential legal challenges arising from the use of new technologies and future directions of legal development in light of the specific characteristics and challenges each technology presents with regard to foreseeable humanitarian impacts upon the battlespace.

• Cyber warfare
• Law of Armed Conflict
• Nanotechnology
• Space technologies
• Unmanned vehicles

• Faculty of Law, The ANU College of Law Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

  Hitoshi Nasu

• ANU College of Law, The ANU College of Law Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

  Robert McLaughlin

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