Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Air & Space

With the considerable advances made in the quality of sensors on board commercial observation satellites, information gained from them not only became widely available, but very useful for the verification of a number of arms control treaties including the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (the NPT). Satellites have begun to play an important role in the safeguards procedures under the NPT. For example, from satellites, nuclear facilities and activities such as the construction and shapes of buildings (including underground activities), plant expansion, and changes in...

Hague Academic Press, a T.M.C. Asser Press imprint

This volume contains a selection of articles resulting from the third 'From Peace to Justice' conference, organised by the Hague Academic Coalition (HAC). It focuses on current and emerging threats to global security, identifies some of the most urgent new non-traditional threats and examines whether these can be addressed within the UN Charter framework. Views from a range of disciplines are presented and discussed, resulting in a diverse yet coherent compilation that is a useful resource for academics, international lawyers,...

This volume presents an analysis of the historical background, current status, and future development of space law by noted legal scholars. It focuses on a distinct and growing field of international law that incorporates both public and private law. Specific areas covered are scientific and technical aspects of space and space law; the United Nations and other institutional arrangements; national regulatory aspects; satellite applications; commercialization; dispute settlement; and case law.

Since the establishment of a special law-making body at the United Nations in 1958,...

Increasingly, governments everywhere are backing away from their earlier micromanagement of international aviation, allowing carriers to tap market opportunities wherever they can be found and with far more ease and responsiveness. Accordingly, the industry will inevitably generate new paradigms of competitive market behaviour. This timely book presents the fresh thinking needed on an appropriate legal and policy architecture to govern the industry in the decades ahead. It continues the pursuit of the topic considered in the authorand#8217;s earlier work In Search of Open Skies: the...

"The British Manual of International Air Carriage" is a practical guide to the law of international air carriage, particularly as it applies in the United Kingdom under the "Carriage by Air Act 1961, " Regulations of European Parliament and of the Council, and British and international judicial authorities. It provides a clear guide to the choice of law and jurisdiction in any specific carriage and explains the legal provisions and principles applicable to a contract of air carriage in given circumstances. The book draws together the numerous and disparate provisions of the treaties...