May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
...; Member of Faculty, London Institute of Space Policy and Law; Director, International Institute of Space Law; Member of the Space Law Committee, International Law Association; Member, European Centre of Space Law; Member of Management Board, MILAMOS...
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 2018
Why national space laws on the exploitation of resources of celestial bodies contradict international law
... editor of the quarterly German Journal of Air and Space Law, the series Studies in Air and Space Law, and a co-editor of the Cologne Commentary on Air and Space Law, a three-volume commentary on space law. He is a member of the International Academy...
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...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
... policy. However, it is still in the throes of an evolutionary process that started with the establishment of the Basic Space Law. The measures recommended in the Vision were an improvement on existing ones, rather than providing revolutionary ideas...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
...About the author Mert Evirgen is a First Class Law Graduate and Space Law PhD researcher working alongside Northumbria University and Northern Space & Security to create the ‘Space Law Games’. His research focuses particularly on matters of liability...
