Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Space Law: (Elgar Concise Encyclopedias in Law)

About the Book

Providing a comprehensive and timely overview of the evolving landscape of space law, this Encyclopedia emphasises the importance of international collaboration in maintaining outer space as a peaceful domain.

This Encyclopedia illustrates how the demise of the bipolar world order changed the paradigm of international legal developments in outer space activities, whilst the need to guarantee the security, safety, and sustainability of space remained unchanged. The rise of the private space industry necessitates new legal approaches that balance the fast pace of technological advancements with the needs of all stakeholders, including operators. This can be seen in various licensing regimes which seek to foster innovation while at the same time preserving national interests.

The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Space Law is an essential resource for students, academics, and practitioners of public international law and transport law, as well as for policymakers and stakeholders within international aerospace organizations and academies.

Key Features:

• Over 80 entries written by leading scholars and practitioners from five continents
• Addresses the complexities of space law including suborbital flights, cybersecurity, space resource utilization, and the prospect of lunar settlements
• Explores the rise of private space ventures, technological advancements, and the challenges they pose to existing legal frameworks

Table of Contents:
Contents Preface xii 1 The Artemis Accords 1 Brian D Wessel 2 Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF) 5 Setsuko Aoki 3 Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) 10 Zhenjun Zhang 4 Astronauts and human spaceflight 13 Sara M Langston 5 Authorization and Continuing Supervision (Article VI) 17 Melissa de Zwart 6 Benefits-sharing in space law 21 Veronika Benešová 7 Brazil: space law 24 Olavo de O Bittencourt Neto 8 China: space law 29 Xiaodan Wu 9 Commercialization as applied to outer space: a definition 33 Henry R Hertzfeld 10 Common Heritage of Mankind 36 Thomas Cheney 11 Contract Law 39 Ingo Baumann 12 Criminal law in space 44 George Anthony Long 13 Customary International Law and Space Law 48 Fabio Tronchetti 14 Cybersecurity 54 Laetitia Cesari 15 Delimitation of outer space: where air ends, and space begins 59 Michael Dodge 16 Direct Broadcasting Satellites and Broadcast Satellite Service 63 Sylvia Ospina 17 Disarmament and nonproliferation 67 Almudena Azcárate Ortega 18 Dispute settlement 72 Maria Elena De Maestri 19 Due regard 76 J Lauren Napier 20 Environmental engineering 78 Antonia Eliason 21 Environmental protection 82 Gabrielle Leterre 22 Ethics and space law 86 Roy Balleste 23 European Union: space legislation 89 Leopold Mantl 24 Evidence (satellite Earth observation) 94 Ray Purdy 25 France: Space legislation 98 Philippe Clerc 26 Free access principle 102 Claudiu Mihai Tăiatu 27 General International Law 106 Steven Freeland 28 Geosynchronous orbit 110 Martha Mejía-Kaiser 29 Global navigation satellite systems 114 Ioana Bratu 30 Harmful interference (telecommunication) 118 Simona Spassova 31 Human rights law 121 Marjan Ajevski 32 In-Space Manufacturing (ISM) 125 Kamil Muzyka 33 India: national space law 129 Ranjana Kaul 34 Information sharing 134 Dimitra Stefoudi 35 International cooperation 137 Larry F Martinez 36 International humanitarian law in space 142 Jeremy Grunert 37 International Institute of Space Law (IISL) 146 Kai-Uwe Schrogl 38 International organizations and development of space law 149 Leslie I Tennen 39 International relations and space law 153 Saadia M Pekkanen 40 International Satellite Telecommunication Organizations 157 Elina Morozova and Yaroslav Vasyanin 41 International Space Exploration Coordination Group 163 Robin J Frank 42 International Telecommunication Union 167 Francis Lyall 43 Japan: space law 171 Yu Takeuchi 44 Jurisdiction and control 175 Stefan A Kaiser 45 Latin America: space law 178 Jairo Becerra 46 Launch services law 182 Magda Cocco, Helena Correia Mendonça and Cristina Melo Miranda 47 Launching State 186 Jean-François Mayence 48 Liability 190 Tanja Masson-Zwaan 49 Light pollution of the night sky caused by space objects 194 Rafael Moro-Aguilar 50 Luxembourg space legislation 198 Mahulena Hofmann 51 Metalaw 204 Stephen E Doyle 52 NASA 207 Steve Mirmina 53 National space legislation 211 Frans von der Dunk 54 NewSpace and the law 215 Scott Schneider 55 Nigeria: national space law 219 Olusoji Nester John 56 The non-appropriation principle 223 Antonino Salmeri 57 Ownership 226 Yun Zhao 58 Planetary protection 229 Gabrielle Leterre 59 Province of all mankind 233 Ayten Selin Doğan 60 Remote sensing 236 PJ Blount 61 Rescue and return 239 Mingyan Nie 62 Responsibility for national activities 243 George D Kyriakopoulos 63 Risk management 247 Nathan Edward Clark 64 Russia: national space law 253 Olga Volynskaya 65 Safety zones 257 Maximilian Gartner and Michael Friedl 66 Scientific investigations and exploration 261 Tejas Bharadwaj 67 Soft law 265 Irmgard Marboe 68 Sources of international space law 269 Ian Grosner 69 Space heritage 273 Michelle LD Hanlon 70 Space insurance 277 Lucien Rapp 71 Space nuclear power sources 281 Jie Long 72 Space policy 285 Sa’id Mosteshar 73 Space resources 289 Antonino Salmeri 74 Space safety 293 Christopher D Johnson 75 Space security 295 PJ Blount 76 Space situational awareness 298 Gilles Doucet 77 Space stations, installations and facilities 302 Gina Petrovici 78 Space tourism 306 Michael Chatzipanagiotis 79 Space traffic management 311 PJ Blount 80 Transparency and confidence-building measures 314 Nivedita Raju 81 UN General Assembly 318 Quentin Verspieren 82 USA: space law 322 Andrea J Harrington 83 Weaponization 326 Elena Cirkovic

About the Author :
Edited by Mahulena Hofmann, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg and P.J. Blount, Durham University, UK

Review :
‘I would like to recommend the newly published Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Space Law to all academicians, practitioners and students with interest in space law. It can serve both as a reference book and as an introduction to the field of space law. It should not be absent in any university library where law is being taught as a subject.’