The advent of the nuclear age in 1945 fundamentally altered the course of human events. The oceans are not the focus of the nuclear age, but the affairs of the oceans are deeply woven into the history of that age. Knowledge of what the nuclear age has meant for the oceans, however, is highly fragmented and there exists a surprising gap in research on the impact of the nuclear age on the oceans and on ocean law and policy. Ranging from dumped wastes to transportation to security, this study frames the complex multidimensional set of relationships between the oceans and the nuclear age and illuminates patterns of impact and response in ocean law.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Caron & Scheiber: The Oceans in the Nuclear Age
David D. Caron (Univ. of California, Berkeley - Law) & Harry N. Scheiber (Univ. of California, Berkeley - Law and History) have published The Oceans in the Nuclear Age: Legacies and Risks (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2009). Here's the abstract: