Space law is an area of International Law that has developed massively in the last fifty years. Francis Lyall, Emeritus Professor of Public Law at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and Paul B. Larsen, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown Law Centre, Washington DC, and formerly lawyer for the Office of the US Secretary of Transportation, have been involved with it since their days at the Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Montreal, in 1963-64 and both teach Space Law at their respective Universities. This book gathers together their experience in readable form, and, with an extensive citation of the literature of space law, its discussion provides an excellent source for both students and practitioners. This title covers such topics as: Law - International Law; General Aerospace & Aviation; and, Aviation Business & Economics.

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction: actors, history and fora; Sources of space law; The Outer Space Treaty; Space objects: control, registration, return and liability - the treaties and the practice; Astronauts; The air/space boundary question; The Moon and other celestial bodies; Radio and the International Telecommunication Union; Orbits, direct broadcasting, GNSS and solar power; Environmental regulation; Telecommunication organisations; Global navigation satellite systems; Remote sensing; Space activities and international trade law; Commercial activities and ther implementation of space law; The military use of outer space; The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI); The future; Index.

About the Author

Francis Lyall is a Professor of Public Law at the University of Aberdeen, UK and Paul B. Larsen is based in the Georgetown University Law Centre, Washington, USA.