"Atomic Law" or "Nuclear Law"? An Academic Discussion Revisited

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11220%2F18%3A10381160" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11220/18:10381160 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.21684/2412-2343-2018-5-3-135-151" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.21684/2412-2343-2018-5-3-135-151</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21684/2412-2343-2018-5-3-135-151" target="_blank" >10.21684/2412-2343-2018-5-3-135-151</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

"Atomic Law" or "Nuclear Law"? An Academic Discussion Revisited

Original language description

The terms &quot;atomic law&quot; and &quot;nuclear law&quot; are regularly being (to a certain part as synonyms) used in both scientific and popular literature to refer to a body of legal norms, governing peaceful uses of nuclear energy and ionizing radiation, as provided by sources of international law (&quot;international atomic law,&quot; or &quot;international nuclear law&quot;), national legislation and a complex body of unbinding norms (soft law). Further, several other variations of these terms are also regularly used (such as &quot;atomic energy law,&quot; &quot;nuclear energy law,&quot; &quot;international nuclear law,&quot; &quot;law of the atomic/nuclear energy,&quot; etc.). This contribution aims to identify the origins of this terminological labyrinth and to deal with the perception of these terms in the legal scholarship. Further, this contribution deals with the recent perception of these terms in the legal science of major States, using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. This article aims to clarify the existing terminology, which is to large extent being used in the literature without an appropriate explanation. The author pleads for a consequent use of the term &quot;nuclear law&quot; (droit nucleaire, yadernoe pravo, Nuklearrecht, derecho nuclear, diritto nucleare) and presents arguments for such conclusion.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50501 - Law

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BRICS Law Journal

ISSN

2409-9058

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

5

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

RU - RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

135-151

UT code for WoS article

000447243200006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85059235563