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...
19 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...
August 2016
National legislation provides incentives for private business
.... In general, ‘forum shopping’ behaviour may not be caused by differences in national space laws, as more important fields of law (such as corporate law and tax law) are a greater driver in the decision-making process of where to establish a company...
February 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
... the United States. In February this year the government of Luxembourg announced an initiative to establish domestic laws and regulations to facilitate asteroid mining. [3] The announcement further signalled that Luxembourg was interested in directly...
