Title page; Title verso; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Features and Definition Of SALW: Associated Problems; 2.1 FEATURES; 2.2 DEFINITION; 3 Manufacturing of SALW: Associated Problems; 3.1 DEFINITIONAL, FACTUAL AND MORAL ISSUES; 3.2 CONCERNS AND LEGAL ISSUES; 3.3 SUBSTANTIVE LIMITATIONS ON SALW MANUFACTURING; 3.4 IS THERE A RULE OF SUBSTANTIVE LIMITATION?; 3.5 CONCLUSIONS AND PROBLEMS; 4 International Transfers of SALW: Introduction; 4.1 USE OF TERMS, SCOPE, FACTS AND ISSUES; 4.2 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SUBSTANTIVE LIMITATIONS
Summary
There are believed to be about 700 million small arms and light weapons (SALW) in the world, often contributing 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
