A Fresh View on the Outer Space Treaty [electronic resource] /
Froehlich, Annette.editor.(orcid)0000-0002-8747-5425https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8747-5425edt
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Outer Space Treaty this book gives a first insight into where the next generation considers room for further improvement of the Outer Space Treaty in order to cope with upcoming aspects such as providing solutions for the emerging commercial, economic, environmental and social questions. At the time of the adoption of the Outer Space Treaty in 1967 the purpose of this treaty was to avoid conflicting military situations in space. However, 50 years later the Outer Space Treaty is n demand to meet the ever increasing space activities and the different actors involved such as the rise of the private sector players.
Preface -- Executive Summary -- Emergence of Environmental Protection Clauses in Outer Space Treaty: A Lesson from the Rio Principles -- Legal Consequences of Environmental Pollution in Outer Space -- Intentional Destruction of Satellites in Relation to International Peace and Security -- Peacekeeping Operations in Outer Space: Contradictions in Article IV of the Outer Space Treaty -- Wild Military Operations in Outer Space, a Sword of Damocles Hanging over Future of Space Environment and Space Activities -- Space Settlement and the Celestial Subjectivity Model: Shifting Our Legal Perspective of the Universe -- Outer Space Treaty during Fourth Industrial Revolution -- Into the 21st Century: Integration of Principles of Global Governance in Space Law -- About the Authors.
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Outer Space Treaty this book gives a first insight into where the next generation considers room for further improvement of the Outer Space Treaty in order to cope with upcoming aspects such as providing solutions for the emerging commercial, economic, environmental and social questions. At the time of the adoption of the Outer Space Treaty in 1967 the purpose of this treaty was to avoid conflicting military situations in space. However, 50 years later the Outer Space Treaty is n demand to meet the ever increasing space activities and the different actors involved such as the rise of the private sector players.
Political science.
Astrophysics.
Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.
Political Science.
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).