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...
March 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
...and practice. Unfinished business While extracting resources from celestial bodies may be fundamentally legal under international space law, other provisions of the OST must be complied with, and sadly, the US legislation ignores both. First, Article...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... Gorove, S. (1991), Draft Convention on Manned Space Flight, German Journal of Air and Space Law p.3-8 10 Abeyratne, R. (2004), Space Tourism - Parallel Synergies between Air and Space Law? German Journal of Air and Space Law p.184-202 11 Abeyratne...
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...
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...
