AbstractsLaw & Legal Studies

Peacetime reconnaissance from air space and outer space : a study of defensive rights in contemporary international law.

by Frank. Fedele




Institution: McGill University
Department: Institute of Air and Space Law.
Degree: Master of Laws.
Year: 1965
Keywords: Air & Space Law.; Aerial observation (Military science).; Sovereignty.; Airspace (International law).
Record ID: 1498429
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile117765.pdf


Abstract

The Cuban Crisis of October 22-28, 1962, pitted against each other the two world giants who have weapons that can destroy each other and at the same time all of human society. The suspenseful events of that week brought the world to the brink of World War III. As the crisis receded upon agreement of the Soviet Union to remove the offensive missiles from Cuba and by the States to refrain, under certain conditions, from invading Cuba, so did the memory of that week. [...]