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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part A: General Perspectives -- Chapter 1: Cultural and Ideological Pluralism in Public International Law -- Chapter 2: Making International Law Matter -- Chapter 3: International Lawyers: A Vision for the New Century -- Chapter 4: Emerging Dimensions of Sovereignty in International Law -- Chapter 5: International Law and the Global Marketplace -- Chapter 6: Private International Law and Public International Law: The Increasing Linkage -- Chapter 7: Widening the Conceptual Framework -- Part B: Sources of International Law -- Chapter 8: Custom: The Growing Role of Customary International Law -- Chapter 9: General Principles of Law: Equity in a Global Context -- Chapter 10: Treaties: Humanitarian Treaties and State Succession -- Part C: International Law and Universal Peace -- Chapter 11: Philosophical Perspectives on Peace -- Chapter 12: Religious Perspectives on Peace -- Chapter 13: Practical Steps towards Education for Peace -- Chapter 14: International Law as an Instrument of Peace -- Part D: Specific Fields -- Chapter 15: Sustainable Development Law -- Chapter 16: Environmental Law -- Chapter 17: Nuclear Weapons Law -- a) Illegality of Use -- b) Illegality of Manufacture -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- PREFACE TO SECOND PRINTING -- FOREWORD -- ORIGINAL PREFACE (1987) -- Table of Contents -- CHAPTER 1 The Beginnings -- CHAPTER 2 The Cold War -- CHAPTER 3 The Distinctiveness of Nuclear Weapons -- The Nuclear Winter -- a) Atmospheric Effects -- b) Agricultural Effects -- c) Medical Effects -- d) Social Effects -- CHAPTER 4 The Arsenals -- Analysis of U.S. Firepower -- Analysis of Soviet Firepower -- A Comparative Survey -- a) Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) -- b) Submarine-launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs) -- c) Bombers -- d) Launch-on-Warning Systems -- e) Weapons Sites -- The Other Weapons States -- Proliferation -- CHAPTER 5 The Origins and Current Status of the International Law of War -- Does International Law Exist? -- The Sources of International Law -- The Characteristics of a Legal Prescription -- a) Policy Content -- b) Authority Signal -- c) Control Intention -- Swings toward International Law -- The Framework of the Law relating to War -- The Jus ad Bellum -- The Jus in Bello -- The Human Rights Dimension -- CHAPTER 6 Is the Use of Nuclear Weapons Illegal? -- What Principles of International Law Render the Use of Nuclear Weapons Illegal? -- 1. Causation of indiscriminate harm to combatants and non-combatants -- 2. Aggravation of pain and suffering -- 3. Violation of the laws of humanity -- 4. Contradiction of the principle of proportionality -- 5. Nullification of a return to peace -- 6. Destruction of the eco-system -- 7. The extermination of populations and the decimation of mankind -- 8. The possibility of extinction of the human race -- 9. Intergenerational damage -- 10. The express prohibition of asphyxiating gases and analogous materials -- 11. Destruction and damage to neutral states -- The Delictual Dimension -- Alleged Justifications and their Inadequacy.