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Business, Legal, And Policy Issues In Relation To Increased Private Space Activity, Mark J. Sundahl
Business, Legal, And Policy Issues In Relation To Increased Private Space Activity, Mark J. Sundahl
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
Throughout the history of human activity in outer space, the role of private companies has steadily grown, and, in some cases, companies have even replaced government agencies as the primary actors in space. As private space activity has grown and diversified, the laws and regulations that govern private actors have been forced to evolve in reaction to the new realities of the industry. On the international level, the treaties concluded in the 1960s and 1970s continue to be in force today. However, these treaties only govern state activity in space. The rules regulating private industry are necessarily domestic in nature, …
The Duty To Rescue Space Tourists And Return Private Spacecraft, Mark J. Sundahl
The Duty To Rescue Space Tourists And Return Private Spacecraft, Mark J. Sundahl
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
International space law has long imposed a duty to rescue astronauts and return errant spacecraft to the launching state. However, the existing space law treaties contain a number of gaps and interpretational problems that, among other things, call into question whether the duty to rescue and return applies to space tourists and spacecraft owned by private companies. These issues are of critical importance to the survival of the new space tourism industry, which is made up of a growing number of companies - such as Virgin Galactic, Rocketplane, and Blue Origin - that intend to launch their maiden flights in …
The Cape Town Approach: A New Method Of Making International Law, Mark J. Sundahl
The Cape Town Approach: A New Method Of Making International Law, Mark J. Sundahl
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
The use of multilateral treaties in the field of international commercial law has been in a state of steady decline. Traditional treaty law has been gradually replaced in recent years by softer methods of making international law, such as the use of restatements and model laws. Some scholars even claim that treaty law is dead or dying. This Article explains how the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (which entered into force on March 1, 2006) provides an innovative approach to the creation of treaties that promises to revive the status of treaties in international law. The …
Consular Officer's Amenability As Witness, Stephen J. Werber
Consular Officer's Amenability As Witness, Stephen J. Werber
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The purpose of this paper is to examine various treaty provisions in an effort to ascertain the manner in which a consular officer's obligation to testify is set forth, the immunities given such an officer and some of the problems raised by both the obligation and the immunities.