The volume discusses the legal interpretation and implementation of the three pillars of the
Treaty of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 1968 regarding the non-proliferation of
nuclear weapons the right to develop research production and use of nuclear energy for
peaceful purposes and issues relating to nuclear disarmament. It examines the status of
international law regarding nuclear capacity considering competing legal approaches to the
development of nuclear technology non-proliferation disarmament and regulating nuclear
weapons within a contemporary international context.
