Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-218) and index.
An overview of U.S. policies toward the international legal system -- The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty -- The comprehensive test ban treaty -- The Anti-Ballistic missile treaty -- The Chemical Weapons Convention -- The Biological Weapons Convention -- Treaty banning antipersonnel mines -- The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol -- The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court -- Treaties and global security -- Appendix A: Ratification status of security and human rights treaties -- Appendix B: Correspondence between Senator Tom Harkin and the U.S. Department of Energy