May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
.... About the authors Prof Dr Ram S. Jakhu is the Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law and the Centre for Research in Air and Space Law of McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He possesses professional experience of over 30 years in the field...
February 2021
In-orbit servicing and insurance – a marriage of convenience?
...and is increasingly worth considering, is for insurers to salvage the satellites. Though salvage is problematic under space law, under space insurance it functions according to the explicit terms of the policy. Technical possibilities in that respect...
October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
... realistic and obtainable possible courses of action, through such means as: Looking to ‘new model’ national space laws (such as the French Operations Space Act and its mandated observance of the 25 year de-orbit rule) Examining codes of conduct and...
August 2020
Interplanetary spaceflight and restorative justice
...criminal and regulatory law, she completed an MA in philosophy and a PhD in law at Durham University. She is currently a senior lecturer in law at Northumbria University, with particular interests in philosophy of punishment, space law and cyberlaw.
18 October 2016
Plans for first ever Space nation "Asgardia" announced today
...the creation of a new legal platform for the exploration of near-Earth and deep space. ‘Universal space law’ and ‘astropolitics’ have to replace international space law and geopolitics. 3. The scientific and technological component of the project can...
24 August 2016
Elon Musk To Be Special Keynote Speaker at IAC 2016
... Congress is an annual event held by the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics and International Institute of Space Law. Registration for this year's IAC is still open; more information is available here.
