August 2021
AI in space – a legal perspective
...is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in international law and space law at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She received her LL.M in Space Law and Telecommunications Law from the University of Paris-Saclay, France and her PhD from Sapienza University...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... David Kuan-Wei Chen is the Executive Director of the McGill Centre for Research in Air and Space Law, and a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He is also the Managing Editor of McGill Manual on International...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
...February 2018. The 21 guidelines covered the four areas of policy and regulation, safety, international cooperation, and scientific/technical R&D (see table). Hard law versus soft law The development of the LTSG inevitably begs the question as to why...
20 May 2022
Outer Space - future for humankind issues of law and policy
...is often characterised as a hindrance rather than an empowering force. But this book on issues of space law and policy is about as practical as a tome on legislation and process can get. Even its title – “Outer Space - future for humankind” - implies...
September 2023
Space sustainability and the global commons
... and non-governmental - and have two ‘depths’ or degrees of law which we know as binding law and regulation, and non-binding ‘soft’ law. In effect, this forms a putative architecture for space law and regulation. Indeed, there are two areas and...
February 2023
Cultivating cultural memory as Asgardians
... will not, indeed cannot, be achieved by technical expertise alone. It must be accompanied by humanity itself, by culture, by laws and agreements and values. Since Asgardia was established in 2016 there have been many exciting moments. Barriers such...
