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Date of this Version

2021

Citation

International Law Studies 97 (2021), pp. 188-231.

Comments

Copyright © 2021 Frans G. von der Dunk. Published by the Stockton Center for International Law. Used by permission.

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Space Law versus the Law of Armed Conflict ... A. The Essentials of Space Law … B. Space Law and the Threat or Use of Force in Outer Space … C. The Essentials of the Law of Armed Conflict ... D. The Law of Armed Conflict and the Threat or Use of Force in Outer Space

III. Conflicts of Application: A Few Key Examples ... A. Unraveling the Prioritization Issue: The Lex Specialis and Lex Posterior Principles ... B. Unraveling the Prioritization Issue: The U.N. Charter and Treaty Interpretation ... C. Unraveling the Prioritization Issue: Pacta Sunt Servanda, Third States, and Neutrals

IV. The Matrix on Prioritization: An Approach to Solving the Conundrum

V. Conclusion

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