CONTEMPORARY DOCTRINE OF SELF-DEFENSE IN OUTER SPACE LAW

摘要

This paper analyses the contemporary law on self-defense contained in the UN Charter Article 51, as also in air and space law from the Chicago Convention of 1944 and the Outer Space Treaty of 1967. It takes into account the events of global terrorism ever since 9/11, 2001 attack in New York and its impact on global security and self-defense.