New Technologies and the Law of Armed Conflict
Editors: Nasu, Hitoshi, McLaughlin, Robert (Eds.)
Free Preview- Clarifies how the existing rules of the law of armed conflict are to be applied and interpreted in light of the specific characteristics and challenges new technologies presents
- Supplies up-to-date information about what is possible with new technologies and what is the future direction of those new technologies in warfare
- Provides further insight into remaining concerns, challenges and new ideas
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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.
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Introduction: Conundrum of New Technologies in the Law of Armed Conflict
Pages 1-17
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The Legal Challenges of New Technologies: An Overview
Pages 21-28
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Ethical Challenges of New Military Technologies
Pages 29-41
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Legal Review of New Technology Weapons
Pages 43-55
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Where Do Cyber Hostilities Fit in the International Law Maze?
Pages 59-73
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- New Technologies and the Law of Armed Conflict
- Editors
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- Hitoshi Nasu
- Robert McLaughlin
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- T.M.C. Asser Press
- Copyright Holder
- T.M.C. Asser Press and the authors
- eBook ISBN
- 978-90-6704-933-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-90-6704-933-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-90-6704-932-0
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XX, 259
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations
- Topics