At the nuclear precipice : catastrophe or transformation? / edited by Richard Falk and David Krieger.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of acronyms -- Illegal in any circumstances whatsoever / Douglas Roche -- The human right to a nuclear weapon-free world / Mairead Corrigan Maguire -- Introduction / Richard Falk and David Krieger -- At the nuclear precipice -- Sleepwalking into our century of last opportunity / Christopher G. Weeramantry -- Still standing at the nuclear precipice after all these years: why? / Jacqueline Cabasso -- Nuclear weapons and international law -- Non-proliferation treaty illusions and international lawlessness / Richard Falk -- U.S. nuclear weapons policy and international law / Thomas Graham, Jr -- The "inalienable right" to peaceful nuclear power: a recipe for chaos / Alice Slater -- Nuclear weapons policy -- Rethinking U.S. nuclear weapons policy / Michael D. Intriligator -- NATO nuclear weapons: the international face of U.S. nuclear policy / Matthew Martin -- Ending nuclear terrorism: by America and others / Daniel Ellsberg -- At the nuclear precipice: Iran / Asli èU. Bãali -- Nuclear dangers and challenges to a new nuclear policy / David Krieger -- A new direction -- Roadmaps to disarmament: a strategy for the second nuclear era / Wade L. Huntley -- Strengthening international security through international law / Jèurgen Scheffran -- Preventing nuclear catastrophe: where do we go from here? / Mohamed ElBaradei -- Stepping back from the precipice -- Turning away from the nuclear precipice / David Krieger -- Nuclear weapons, war, and the discipline of international law / Richard Folk -- Where we stand: a dialog / David Krieger and Richard Falk.