Launching Space Objects: Issues of Liability and Future Prospects

• Main Author: Kayser, Valérie. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2001.
• Series: Space Regulations Library Series ; 1
• Subjects: Law.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Law of the sea.; Industrial organization.; International economics.; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Industrial Organization.; International Economics.
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Launch activities performed by private entities deal with a complex legal environment. The Space Treaties provide a general liability framework. Launch participants are subject to regulatory or institutional control, and to domestic liability laws. Specific contractual practice has developed due to...

Table of Contents:

• Aims and Context
• Aims and Context
• The Labyrinth of Daedalus
• The International Legal Framework
• Domestic Launch Legislation and Regulations
• General Rules of Common Law and Civil Law Susceptible of Governing Liability for Launch Activities
• Escaping the Labyrinth
• Issues in Liability Risk Management and Proposals de Lege Ferenda
• Some Concrete Proposals.