New technologies and the law in war and peace

CJ O'Connor

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    Abstract

    Air Commodore William H. Boothby (Retd) has edited a formidable volume on how the various facets of international law might be applied to new and emerging technologies both now and in the future. As Dr. Boothby quite rightly states in the introductory section, it is immensely difficult to identify which bodies of domestic peacetime law should or even can be applied to new and emerging technologies. Indeed, it is difficult to ascertain whether or not the bodies of law can or should be applied to technologies that are incompletely understood and often have military applications or origins. Any volume attempting to deduce how and whether international law can and should be applied in these scenarios must necessarily be incomplete due to the immensity of such a project, however, Dr. Boothby has done a remarkable job at identifying certain varieties of technology and gathering subject matter experts to contribute their thoughts in this area.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages234-235
    Volume32
    No.2
    Specialist publicationGlobal Change, Peace & Security
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2020

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