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As space continues to attract substantial public and private investment and has become ever more active, the third edition of this successful book has been fully updated to cover recent developments including the legal bases of UN Resolution 76/3 The "Space3030" Agenda, and adaptations and augmentations to basic space treaties.
List of contents
Preface; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1. Introduction: Actors, History and Fora; 2. Sources of Space Law; 3. The Outer Space Treaty, 1967; 4. Space Objects: Control, Registration, Return and Liability – Treaties and Practice; 5. Astronauts; 6. Of Boundaries and Orbits; 7. The Moon and Other Celestial Bodies; 8. Radio and the International Telecommunication Union; 9. Environmental Regulation; 10. Satellite Communications: Telecommunications and Direct Broadcasting; 11. Global Navigation Satellite Systems; 12. Remote Sensing; 13. Finance and International Trade Law; 14. Commercial Activities and the Implementation of Space Law; 15. The Military Use of Outer Space; 16. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence; 17. The Future
About the author
Francis Lyall is Emeritus Professor of Public Law, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. He is also Honorary Director of the International Institute of Space Law and a member of the International Academy of Astronautics.
Paul B. Larsen is formerly of the Southern Methodist University and the US Department of Transportation and a professor of space law (adjunct) at Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Summary
As space continues to attract substantial public and private investment and has become ever more active, the third edition of this successful book has been fully updated to cover recent developments including the legal bases of UN Resolution 76/3 The “Space3030” Agenda, and adaptations and augmentations to basic space treaties.
