Includes papers presented at the 2012 Spring Conference of the International Law Association's British Branch held at the University of Nottingham.--ECIP foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Security agendas and international law : the case of new technologies / Nigel D White -- Human security and international law : the potential scope for legal development within the analytical framework of security / Hitoshi Nasu -- Human security versus environmental security : at legal loggerheads / John Pearson -- Regional security and international law / Julia Schmidt -- International criminal justice and security / Olympia Bekou -- Security and international law : the "responsibility to protect" / Alexandra Bohm -- International law and the iranian nuclear crisis : lessons for international security and arms control / Tom Coppen -- Contemporary maritime piracy as a threat to international peace and security / Alexandros XM Ntovas -- Terrorism : a threat to security? / Lydia Davies-Bright -- Abusive governments as a threat / Jure Vidmar -- Protecting security interests in international investment law / Prabhash Ranjan -- Securing the polar regions through international law / Jill Barrett -- Climate change as a threat to international security / Mattia Fosci -- Cyber-threats and international law / Nicholas Tsagourias and Russell Buchan.