Routledge Handbook of Space Law

ISBN-13: 9780367870454 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 368 str.

Ram Jakhu; Paul Stephen Dempsey

Opis

This handbook is a prestigious reference work providing a comprehensive, objective and comparative overview of space law.

Drawing together contributions from leading academic scholars and practising lawyers from around the world, the volume is divided into five key parts:

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Spis treści

Part I: General Principles of International Space Law 1. Introduction and Factual Background 2. Sources and Law-Making Process Relating to Space Activities 3. Legal Status of Outer Space and Celestial Bodies 4. Legal Status of Spacecraft 5. Legal Controls Governing the Use of Outer Space 6. Settlement of Space Law Disputes Part II: International Law of Space Applications 7. Regulation of Telecommunications by Satellites 8. Regulation of Remote Sensing by Satellites 8. Regulation of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) 9. Legal Regime Governing Manned Space Activities (i.e. Space Stations and Human Space Travel) 10. Law and Military Uses of Outer Space Part III: National Regulation of Space Activities 11. Introduction, Factual Background and Sources of National Space Laws 12. Law Related to Satellite Telecommunications (including Satellite Broadcasting) 13. Law Related to Remote Sensing-Earth Observation (including Matters Related to Meteorological Services and Space-System-Based Disaster Management Support) 14. Law Related to Space Transportation and Spaceports 15. Law and Navigational Satellite Systems 16. Law Related to Intellectual Property and Transfer of Technology 17. Law and Space Finance, Contracts , Insurance etc.

O autorze

Ram S. Jakhu is Director of, and a tenured Associate Professor at, the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University, in Montreal, Canada, where he teaches and conducts research in International Space Law, Law of Space Applications, National Regulation of Space Activities, and Public International Law. He has served as Director of the McGill Centre for the Study of Regulated Industries from 1999 to 2004 as well as the first Director of the MSS Program (and Senior Faculty Member) at International Space University, Strasbourg, France, from 1995 to 1998.

Paul Stephen Dempsey is Tomlinson Professor Emeritus of Global Governance in Air and Space Law and Director Emeritus of the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University. For more than two decades, he held the chair as Professor of Transportation Law, and was Director of the Transportation Law Program at the University of Denver. He was also Director of the National Center for Intermodal Transportation. Earlier, he served as an attorney with the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in Washington, D.C., and was Legal Advisor to the Chairman of the ICC.