LEADER 04123nam 2200817 a 450 001 9910958569003321 005 20250128155757.0 010 $a9786613356628 010 $a9781283356626 010 $a1283356627 010 $a9789004189850 010 $a9004189858 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004189850 035 $a(CKB)2550000000074697 035 $a(EBL)1010519 035 $a(OCoLC)701566120 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000554590 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11364349 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000554590 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10513508 035 $a(PQKB)11159628 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1010519 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004189850 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1010519 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10518159 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL335662 035 $a(PPN)174398956 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000074697 100 $a20110929d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDeadly metal rain $ethe legality of Flechette weapons in international law : a reappraisal following Israel's use of Flechettes in the Gaza Strip (2001-2009) /$fedited by Eitan Barak 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cMartinus Nijhoff Publishers$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 225 1 $aInternational humanitarian law series ;$v32 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9789004167193 311 08$a9004167196 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aThe weapon's features and history -- From pointed controversy to oblivion : the non-banning of Flechette weapons -- Five reflections -- Israel's policy -- The internal legal battle -- Five reflections -- Flechette weapons and the principle prohibiting unnecessary suffering. 330 $aTaking the April 2003 rejection by Israel's Supreme Court of a petition to ban flechette use rounds in the densely populated Gaza Strip as its point of departure, this innovative and interdisciplinary book offers the only in-depth study on flechette weapons conducted to date. Its timeliness is demonstrated in the 2009 Goldstone Report?s call for an urgent UNGA discussion on such weapons? future legality. The book's first part reviews flechette weapon development and use during the Vietnam War as well as the consequent efforts to ban them. It then turns to the Israeli case: the use in Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and the resulting Supreme Court petition. The book's third and main part dissects the prolonged debate over banning flechettes while resting on unique primary sources such as Israeli post mortem reports together with an ample legal and military-medical literature. The book thus provides one of the most comprehensive explorations available of the distinctions separating legal from illegal conventional weapons. 410 0$aInternational humanitarian law series ;$vv. 32. 606 $aArms control$2nli 606 $aMilitary weapons$xLaw and legislation$9lat$2NLI$8PreferredLanguageHeading 606 $aMilitary weapons$zIsrael$9lat$2NLI$8PreferredLanguageHeading 606 $aProjectiles, Aerial$9lat$2NLI$8PreferredLanguageHeading 606 $aArab-Israeli conflict$y1993-$9lat$2NLI$8PreferredLanguageHeading 606 $aWar (International law)$9lat$2NLI$8PreferredLanguageHeading 606 $aProjectiles, Aerial$2nli 607 $aIsrael$xPolitics and government$9lat$2NLI$8PreferredLanguageHeading 607 $aGaza Strip$xPolitics and government$9lat$2NLI$8PreferredLanguageHeading 615 0$aArms control. 615 7$aMilitary weapons$xLaw and legislation 615 7$aMilitary weapons 615 7$aProjectiles, Aerial 615 7$aArab-Israeli conflict 615 7$aWar (International law) 615 0$aProjectiles, Aerial. 676 $a341.7/33 701 $aBarak$b Eitan$01854453 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958569003321 996 $aDeadly metal rain$94451745 997 $aUNINA