Outer Space

by Reynolds, Glenn H.; Merges, Robert P.

• ISBN13: 9780813366807
• ISBN10: 0813366801
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-09-17
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

This second edition takes account of the important changes that have swept the field since the end of the Cold War, including the rapid growth and change in commercial space-launch services, increasingly important issues of international trade in space-related goods and services, the expansion of space-based communications services, and the move to rethinkand perhaps rewritethe Moon Treaty. Charting the legal and political outlines of the last frontier, the volume offers extensive excerpts from major works in the field of space law to provide a sense of the many different interests and schools of thought that are shaping space policy.

Author Biography

Glenn H. Reynolds is professor of law at the University of Tennessee. Robert P. Merges is professor of law at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley. Both are graduates of Yale Law School. Glenn H. Reynolds is professor of law at the University of Tennessee. Robert P. Merges is professor of law at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley. Both are graduates of Yale Law School.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xvii
Some History and Background	p. 1
Further Reading	p. 23
The International Law of Outer Space: Basic Principles	p. 25
Introduction	p. 25
Early Treaties Governing Activity in Outer Space	p. 48
Development and Defense: Treaties of the 1970s	p. 94
Other Treaties, Agreements, and Issues	p. 178
Space Communications	p. 215
Space-Related International Trade Issues	p. 246
The Law of Private Commercial Activities in Outer Space	p. 275
Some Issues of the Future	p. 398
Conclusion	p. 420
Credits	p. 425
About the Book and Authors	p. 429
Index	p. 431
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