Overview
- Reflects the impact of Dr. Fasan’s writings on second and third generations of space lawyers
- Addresses many contemporary issues of space law, combining theory and practice
- Includes a seminal paper that has long been out of print
Part of the book series: Space Regulations Library (SPRL, volume 8)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
Keywords
- Alien Intelligence
- Cape Town Convention
- Chinese Space Law
- Jurisprudence of Metalaw
- Jus in Bello
- Latin American Perspective on Space Law
- Launching State
- Legal Challenges of Small Satellites
- Metalaw
- Military Uses of Outer Space
- National Space Legislation
- Public Law
- Registration Practice
- Registration of Space Objects
- Space Law In The 21st Century
- Space Protocol
- Space-Related Disputes
About this book
The law of outer space is rapidly evolving to adapt to changes in the economic drivers as well as advancements in technological capabilities. The contents of this book are a reflection of this changing environment as evidenced in the writings of the second and third generations of space lawyers. Theoretical aspects of space law are explored by chapters relating to fundamental concepts central to the corpus juris spatialis. Practical aspects of space law are probed by examinations into international and domestic regulation of commercial activities, with particular emphasis on African, Asian, and European perspectives. International policy considerations are scrutinized in relation to military uses of outer space. The scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is the subject of a concise history of the discipline vis-a-vis the role of the SETI Permanent Committee of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), and also of a study of the policy and other ramifications of social media in the event of the discovery of intelligent extraterrestrial beings.
The book concludes with the republication of the seminal and highly influential Relations With Alien Intelligences The Scientific Basis of Metalaw by Dr. Ernst Fasan, first published in 1970. Scholar, author, and attorney Ernst Fasan was among the original space lawyers, a small, pioneering group of visionaries who recognized that the movement of man into space must be accomplished without the shackles of history and in an environment free from the threat of the use of space as an instrument of armed aggression. The influence of Dr. Fasan has extended beyond the international legal community to the broader scientific community, especially to the field of astrobiology, as he pursued groundbreaking investigations into what could be the ultimate in legal relationships - metalaw - the interaction of sentient beings from different planets. The contributors to this Liber Amicorum are among those who can trace their own work to the foundations of space law placed in part by Ernst Fasan.Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Private Law, Public Law, Metalaw and Public Policy in Space
Book Subtitle: A Liber Amicorum in Honor of Ernst Fasan
Editors: Patricia Margaret Sterns, Leslie I. Tennen
Series Title: Space Regulations Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27087-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-27085-2Published: 18 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80069-1Published: 26 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-27087-6Published: 10 May 2016
Series ISSN: 1572-6134
Series E-ISSN: 2542-9558
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 275
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , Public Law