Book contents
- New War Technologies and International Law
- New War Technologies and International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prolegomenon
- 1 International Law and the Use of Nanomaterials in War
- 2 The Three Technologies Using Nanomaterials
- 3 International Treaty Law
- 4 International Customary Law and Principles
- 5 International Environmental Law and Principles
- 6 International Human Rights Law
- 7 Conclusion and Recommendations
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - The Three Technologies Using Nanomaterials
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2022
- New War Technologies and International Law
- New War Technologies and International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prolegomenon
- 1 International Law and the Use of Nanomaterials in War
- 2 The Three Technologies Using Nanomaterials
- 3 International Treaty Law
- 4 International Customary Law and Principles
- 5 International Environmental Law and Principles
- 6 International Human Rights Law
- 7 Conclusion and Recommendations
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
‘Nanotechnologies’ cannot be legally reviewed as one single category. In this chapter, the three technologies utilising nanomaterials to be discussed in this book will be introduced in some technical detail: thermobaric weapons, optogenetics and genetic modification. Each use of nanomaterials needs to be considered individually to ensure compliance with existing international laws during war. The three uses of nanomaterials considered in this book have been chosen because they raise different existing international law (illustrating the breadth and depth of existing international law) and finally, because they are each at a different stage of development and use.
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- New War Technologies and International LawThe Legal Limits to Weaponising Nanomaterials, pp. 27 - 36Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022