Having stated the law as it is, the book then explores the way in which this dynamic field of international law develops in the light of various influences. The treaties and customary rules applying to particular categories of weapon are thereafter listed and explained article by article and rule by rule in a series of chapters. After relating the historical evolution of weapons law, the book discusses the important customary principles that are the foundation of the subject, and provides a condensed account of the law that exists on the use of weapons. References new International Manuals including the Air and Missile Warfare Law Manual, the Tallinn Manual on the International Law applicable to Cyber Warfare, the German Defence Ministry Law of Armed Conflict Manual, and the US Department of Defense Law of War Manualīringing together the law of armed conflict governing the use of weapons into a single volume, the fully updated Second Edition of Weapons and the Law of Armed Conflict interprets these rules and discusses the factors influencing future developments in weapons law.Considers the law applying to weapons in outer space.Investigates the legal implications of technical developments in the fields of cyber weapons, drones, automated and autonomous weapons, electromagnetic microwave counter-IED weapons, nanotechnology, and metamaterials.

Discusses recent developments in the law, including the Arms Trade Treaty and the amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court agreed at the Review Conference in Kampala.

Discusses prospects for future rule change.Analyses the legal review of weapons, both from the perspective of how such reviews should be undertaken and how such a system should be established.Explains the law as it applies to all states.Comprehensively examines the rules applicable to every category of weaponry.Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health.The European Society of Cardiology Series.

Oxford Commentaries on International Law.

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