Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

3-4-2013

SSRN Discipline

Legal Scholarship Network; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; Law & Society eJournals; International Law & Trade eJournals; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; Public International Law eJournals

Abstract

The fragmentation of international law is an undeniable phenomenon and one that has met with increasing academic interest This fragmentation is the result of the progressive expansion of both international legal activity and the subjectmatter of international law This expansion brings with it the risk of conflicting rules principles and institutionsNonProliferation Law as a Special Regime focuses on weapons of mass destruction and aims to identify whether there are specific rules applying to this field that depart from the general rules of international law and the rules of other special regimes in particular with regard to the law of treaties and the law of state responsibility In providing a systematic analysis of a substantive area of international law and applying the theory of fragmentation and special regimes the book contributes to the ongoing debate concerning one of the most topical issues in international law

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