November 2018
Why we should not assume that war in space is ‘inevitable’
... countervailing voices must be heard. There are so many positive aspects to how space should be viewed. This is supported by law and practice. Ironically, a good starting point could also be drawn from the words of President Trump himself: “There...
May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
... Prof Bin Cheng - Honorary President of the London Institute of Space Policy and Law - has argued. Prof Cheng is a world authority on international air and space law and played a central role in the adoption of the 1999 Montreal Convention, updating...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... them. The altitude of transition between the atmosphere and ‘space’ represents a crucial boundary between two very different legal regimes, aviation law and the law of outer space. Aviation law starts with the premise that nations are sovereign...
September 2018
Debris or not debris - is that the question?
... substantively important sense within current mandates. An ADR mission to remove a European remote sensing satellite from orbit. Law and politics I agree with the view that engaging the problem almost exclusively in terms of decades or longer might...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
...writer & researcher in Brisbane, Australia, who covers topics relating to science, economics, culture and law. She has degrees in law and physics and has written for magazines, radio and broadcast documentaries. She was recently the ‘in-house’ writer...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
.... About the author Prof Dr Ram S Jakhu is Associate Professor and former Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law and the Center for Research in Air and Space Law of McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He is also Project Director of the...
