TY - BOOK ID - 135744982 TI - The arms trade and international law PY - 2007 SN - 1472564138 1281357235 9786611357139 1847313930 PB - Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Arms control. KW - Arms transfers KW - Firearms KW - Humanitarian law. KW - Intervention (International law) KW - Law and legislation. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135744982 AB - "There are believed to be about 700 million small arms and light weapons (SALW) in the world, often contribing to highly destabilising security and other concerns in international law. This book deals with the proliferation of SALW and their unregulated trade and transfer across borders. It addresses questions of definition, manufacturing, trade/transfer, and issues relating to state responsibility. The primary focus is on conventional small arms, in particular military-style weapons. The book tackles the core and most divisive legal problem of whether or not the laws relating to arms control and relevant norms of international law provide substantive restrictions upon the transfer of small arms by states."--Bloomsbury Publishing. ER -