Perspectives for Space Law in the Twenty-First Century /

Perspectives for Space Law in the Twenty-First Century /

The course evaluates the different phases of the development of space law against the background of the development of public international law. An analysis of current international space law investigates whether the body of law is ready for the challenges of outer space commercialisation and the ri...

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Main Author: Hobe, Stephan (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 2025.

Series: The Pocket Books of The Hague Academy of International Law / Les livres de poche de l'Académie de droit international de La Haye ; 66.

Subjects:

Air & Space Law.
Hague Academy.
International Law.

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Call Number: JX3091

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part A. Development of general international law
  • Chapter I. International law as a law of coexistence
  • Chapter II. International law as a law of cooperation
  • Chapter III. International law in the era of globalisation
  • Part. B. Space law
  • Chapter IV. One century of development of space technology (1923-2024)
  • Chapter V. Development of space law
  • 1. The five space treaties
  • 2. Resolutions of the UN General Assembly
  • 3. End of space lawmaking around 2000
  • Chapter VI. A new space era in the twenty-first century?
  • 1. Space transportation
  • 2. Micro-launchers
  • 3. Large constellations (infrastructures) of satellites
  • 4. Suborbital or non-orbital space activities
  • 5. Spaceports
  • 6. Space stations
  • 7. Mining on celestial bodies (space resource activities)
  • 8. Living on celestial bodies (space settlement)
  • Chapter VII. A new space law?
  • 1. Legal requirements for new space activities
  • 2. Analysis of existing space legislation in light of new space activities
  • 3. Key requirements for revised or new space legislation compared to existing space law
  • Summary
  • 4. Can such changes be implemented? Methods of space lawmaking
  • Part C. Changes to outer space legislation - possible solutions
  • Chapter VIII. Charges for using outer space
  • 1. The use of outer space costs money
  • 2. Clarification of the legal status of space resource activities: A new law according to Article 11 (5) of the Moon Agreement?
  • 3. Intermediate result
  • Chapter IX. Space traffic management
  • 1. What is space traffic management?
  • 2. Elements of STM
  • 3. STM and space law: Final remarks
  • Chapter X. An international fund for space debris remediation
  • Conclusion Space law in the era of globalisation
  • Bibliography
  • About the Author
  • List of Principal Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements.