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Chemical And Biological Warfare: Focus On Asia, Lee D. Klein
Chemical And Biological Warfare: Focus On Asia, Lee D. Klein
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Note concludes that (1) the Geneva Protocol of 1925 and the Biological Weapons Convention of 1972 provide conventional restraints upon the use of lethal or seriously injurious CBWs; (2) modern treaties, customs, judicial decisions, and writings form a public international law norm that imposes a legal restraint limiting the use of lethal or seriously injurious CBWs and binding all states regardless of their acceptance of conventional prohibitions; and (3) the law of war today is characterized more accurately as the "law of armed conflict," because it must of necessity apply to conflicts that are not purely interstate. Before discussing …
The Legal Status Of United States Involvement In The Camp David Peace Process, Farooq Hassan
The Legal Status Of United States Involvement In The Camp David Peace Process, Farooq Hassan
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In one context or another, the turmoil in the Middle East has been tragic not only for the states in the region but for the prospects of world peace. Because of this, the United States has been both directly and indirectly involved in the crises that have erupted there from time to time. A major milestone was reached when, largely due to the personal efforts of President Carter, Egypt and Israel signed the Camp David agreements on September 17, 1978, in Washington, D.C. The United States played a key role in the execution of these agreements and consequential instruments. Indeed, …