21 July 2016
New Space Law Vacancy At McGill University
...opened up at the Center for Research in Air and Space Law at McGill University (Montreal). The position will be funded ... and at least five-year 2 full-time experience in Space Law teaching, research and/or work. The ideal candidate must have a...
September 2023
Space sustainability and the global commons
...’t actually have a real comprehensive ‘architecture’ for law and regulation for space, and this becomes increasingly ...Agency (ESA) and the President of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL). From 2014 to 2016, he served as Chair of the...
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...
May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
...the global space community. In this article Yolanda Kalogirou discusses the important issue of consent under international law in the context of the United Nations Charter and the Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts...
February 2023
Cultivating cultural memory as Asgardians
.... Such a goal 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...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... legal profession are concerned about what this means, as it is still a relatively new area of international humanitarian law. International space law, though not silent, says remarkably little about how we should use these images to ameliorate such...
