UID:
edocfu_9960011159002883
Format:
1 online resource (445 p.)
ISBN:
1-4742-0161-X
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1-78225-588-5
Series Statement:
Studies in international law ; v. 58
Content:
Of the many challenges that society faces today, possibly none is more acute than the security of ordinary citizens when faced with a variety of natural or man-made disasters arising from climate and geological catastrophes, including the depletion of natural resources, environmental degradation, food shortages, terrorism, breaches of personal security and human security, or even the global economic crisis. States continue to be faced with a range of security issues arising from contested territorial spaces, military and maritime security and security threats relating to energy, infrastructure and the delivery of essential services. The theme of the book encompasses issues of human, political, military, socio-economic, environmental and energy security and raises two main questions. To what extent can international law address the types of natural and man-made security risks and challenges that threaten our livelihood, or very existence, in the twenty-first century? Where does international law fall short in meeting the problems that arise in different situations of insecurity and how should such shortcomings be addressed?
Note:
Includes papers presented at the 2012 Spring Conference of the International Law Association's British Branch held at the University of Nottingham.--ECIP foreword.
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Security agendas and international law : the case of new technologies -- Nigel D White -- Human security and international law : the potential scope for legal development within the analytical framework of security -- Hitoshi Nasu -- Human security versus environmental security : at legal loggerheads -- John Pearson -- Regional security and international law -- Julia Schmidt -- International criminal justice and security -- Olympia Bekou -- Security and international law : the "responsibility to protect" -- Alexandra Bohm -- International law and the iranian nuclear crisis : lessons for international security and arms control -- Tom Coppen -- Contemporary maritime piracy as a threat to international peace and security -- Alexandros XM Ntovas -- Terrorism : a threat to security? -- Lydia Davies-Bright -- Abusive governments as a threat -- Jure Vidmar -- Protecting security interests in international investment law -- Prabhash Ranjan -- Securing the polar regions through international law -- Jill Barrett -- Climate change as a threat to international security -- Mattia Fosci -- Cyber-threats and international law -- Nicholas Tsagourias and Russell Buchan.
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Also issued in print.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5099-2475-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84946-634-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781474201612
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