Introduction
Browse through the table-of-contents in the titles listed below. One of the chapters in these titles could be a great start for your upcoming assignments!
Selected Titles
The Cold War, the Space Race, and the Law of Outer Space by Publication Date: 2021-07-26"This book tells the story of how the United Nations tried to seize the promise of peace through scientific cooperation and to ward off the potential for war in the Space Age through the adoption of the Outer Space Treaty, the Rescue and Return Agreement, the Liability Convention, the Registration Convention, and the Moon Agreement. Interdisciplinary in approach, the book will be of interest to scholars in law, history and other fields who are interested in the Cold War, the Space Race, and outer space law." [excerpt from the publisher description]Handbook of Space Law by
Publication Date: 2015Handbook of Space Law addresses the legal and regulatory aspects of activities in outer space and major space applications from a comprehensive and structured perspective. It fundamentally addresses the dichotomy between the state-oriented character of international space law and the increasing commercialization and privatization of space activities." [excerpt from publisher description]
Routledge Handbook of Outer SpacePublication Date: 2023Wide-ranging, going well beyond political or IR aspects, but there may be an essay of interest here.
Who owns outer space? international law, astrophysics, and the sustainable development of spacePublication Date: 2022"From Space debris to asteroid strikes to anti-satellite weapons, humanity's rapid expansion into Space raises major environmental, safety, and security challenges. In this book, Michael Byers and Aaron Boley, an international lawyer and an astrophysicist, identify and interrogate these challenges and propose actionable solutions." [excerpt from publisher description]
