Schmidl: The Changing Nature of Self-Defence in International Law

Matthias Schmidl has published The Changing Nature of Self-Defence in International Law (Nomos 2009). Here's the abstract:

This book deals with the development of the right of self-defence in international law until the present time. Special emphasis is laid on the development since 9/11. The right of self-defence will be analyzed from the point of view of international and constitutional law as well as from the perspective of state practice since 1945 in order to define its current scope. The key question that will be answered is whether a state can lawfully invoke its right of self-defence to fight non-state actors.