New Technologies and the Law of Armed Conflict

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nasu, Hitoshi (Editor), McLaughlin, Robert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: The Hague : T.M.C. Asser Press : Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2014.
• Subjects: Law.; Computers.; Law and legislation.; International law.; Intellectual property > Law and legislation.; Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations.; Legal Aspects of Computing.; International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law.

With a Foreword by Michael N. Schmitt, Charles H. Stockton Professor and Chairman, United States Naval War College.   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 conducte...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Conundrum of New Technologies in the Law of Armed Conflict
• The Legal Challenges of New Technologies: An Overview
• Ethical Challenges of New Military Technologies
• Legal Review of New Technology Weapons
• Where Do Cyber Hostilities Fit in the International Law Maze? Geography, Territory and Sovereignty in Cyber Warfare
• Military Strategic Use of Outer Space
• The Law Applicable to Military Strategic Use of Outer Space
• Nanotechnology and the Law of Armed Conflict
• Anticipating the Biological Proliferation Threat of Nanotechnology: Challenges for international Arms Control Regimes
• Nanotechnology and Military Attacks on Photosynthesis
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Do They Pose Legal Challenges? Examining Autonomous Weapon Systems from a Law of Armed Conflict Perspective
• Unmanned Naval Vehicles and the Law of Naval Warfare
• Conclusion: Challenges of New Technologies for the Law of Armed Conflict.