January 2018
NASA’s space police wield full force of law
...firm. He is a seasoned civil and criminal defence litigator, with an LL.M in space law and is currently co-chair of the Space Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law. The views expressed in this article are those of the author...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... far more familiar solution, is to adopt a ‘spatialist’ approach by choosing a specific altitude as the point where air law ends and space law begins. The second, competing idea is to consider the purpose or intention of a craft at the material time...
October 2025
High-altitude platforms - the search for an optimised legal framework
.... In contrast, France’s higher defence studies institute has suggested three potentially suitable frameworks: space law; ‘tropospheric’ air law; or a hybrid framework unique to HAO. The scant substantive research by regulatory bodies like the...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... has been widely ratified by nations24 and is recognised as providing the central trunk of space law. From this early formulation of space law there was a well-defined acceptance by states concerning the prohibition of national appropriation of outer...
April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
... be resolved peaceably, on Earth, and by the rule of law. US space law pioneer Eileen Galloway wisely observed that the maintenance of outer space for peaceful purposes was a tangible benefit of space law. Known orbit planes of Fengyun-1C debris one...
October 2025
The law as a last line of defence when space debris hit home
... to deal with individual claims. It was suggested by Michelle Hanlon, Executive Director of the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi, that the claimant could make a claim under the Federal Torts Claims Act...
