Abbreviations
Table of Cases
Introduction
PART I: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND SPACE LAW
1. In the Beginning: the International Geophysical Year
2. International Law and High Altitude Flights: Balloons, Rockets and Man-Made Satellites
3. From Air Law to Space Law
his4 International Cooperation and Control: From Atoms to Space
5. The Extraterrestrial Application of International Law
PART II: THE UNITED NATIONS AND OUTER SPACE
6. The United Nations and Outer Space
7. United Nations Resolutions on Outer Space: `Instant' International Customary Law?
8. The United Nations and the Development of International Law Relating to Outer Space
PART III: UNITED NATIONS TREATIES ON OUTER SPACE
9. The 1967 Space Treaty />10. The 1968 Astronauts Agreement
11. The 1972 Convention on international Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects
12. The Moon Treaty: Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and other Celestial Bodies within the Solar System other than the Earth
PART IV: OUTER SPACE, ASTRONAUTS AND SPACE OBJECTS
13. Outer Space: The International Legal Framework -The International Legal Status of Outer Space, Space Objects and Spacemen
14. The Legal Regime of Airspace and Outer Space: The Boundary Problem. Functionalism versus Spatialism: The Major Premisses
15. The Legal Status of Astronauts
16. Legal Status of Spacecraft, Satellites and Space Objects
17. Nationality for Spacecraft?
18. Definitional Issues in Space Law; `Space Objects', 'Astronauts' and Related Expressions
PART V: MILITARY USE OF OUTER SPACE
19. Definition Issues in Space Law: The `Peaceful Use' of Outer Space, including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies
20. The Military Use of Outer Space and International Law
PART VI: COMMERCIAL USES OF OUTER SPACE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
21. Communication Satellites
22. Legal and Commercial Aspects of Data Gathering by Remote Sensing
23. International Responsibility and Liability for Launch Activities
24. International Responsibility and Liability of States for National Activities in Outer Space, Especially by Non-Governmental Entities
25. The Commercial Development of Space: The Need for New Treaties
Epilogue: The Contribution of Air and Space Law to the Development of International Law
Appendices