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Includes highly relevant analysis and discussions by global experts on diverse topics related to the current scenario of international space activities
Advocates the adoption of a robust legal regime by the international community
Discusses the European Space Policy Institute report on legal mechanisms for the creation of hard law norms in the space domain
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Given its comprehensive coverage of opportunities in space and the inevitable legal challenges that they pose, the book offers a valuable resource for students, researchers, academics and professionals including government officials, industry executives, specialists, and lawyers, helping them understand essential contemporary issues and developments in Space Law.
Editors and Affiliations
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National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, India
R. Venkata Rao, Kumar Abhijeet
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Indian Space Research Organisation, Bengaluru, India
V. Gopalakrishnan
About the editors
V. Gopalakrishnan is a Policy Analyst (Space Law & Policy) with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Bangalore. His professional experience of over twenty-five years at the ISRO includes a good blend of techno-managerial and legal aspects pertaining to satellite projects and international cooperation in outer space activities. He has been a member of the Indian delegation to Legal Sub Committee meetings of UNCOPUOS (the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space), and has participated in international consultations on the ‘UNIDROIT Space Assets Protocol’, a Code of Conduct for the long-term sustainability of outer space activities, legal aspects of space security, legal aspects of space debris management, etc. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and member of International Institute of Space Law.
Kumar Abhijeet works as Assistant Professor at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. He was Linnaeus-Palme fellow to Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden); Erasmus Mundus fellow to Department of Public International Law, Gent University, (Belgium); and participant of the programme “50 Years of Space Law – Space Law in 50 Years” of the Centre of Research and Studies at the Hague Academy of International Law (Netherlands). Kumar is also a Research Scholar at the Institute of Air and Space Law, University of Cologne (Germany). Besides being honored with the best paper presentation award twice at two distinct international conferences, he has quite a few publications to his credit in prestigious journals, and has also contributed chapters in edited books. Kumar is a member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), Paris and is also member of International Law Association (India Branch).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Recent Developments in Space Law
Book Subtitle: Opportunities & Challenges
Editors: R. Venkata Rao, V. Gopalakrishnan, Kumar Abhijeet
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4926-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-4925-5Published: 24 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5268-3Published: 12 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-4926-2Published: 15 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 154
Topics: Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space, Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law