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International Law And Military Activities In Outer Space, Robert L. Bridge
International Law And Military Activities In Outer Space, Robert L. Bridge
Akron Law Review
The object of this review is to establish definitively the legal constraints which currently apply to military activities in space. Research has disclosed no single reference less than eight years old which examines all the issues to be discussed here. A great flurry of scholarly legal writing attended the launching of the Russian Sputnik in 1957, but comparatively little has been written since the late 1960's. Thus, much of the source material cited here is ten to fifteen years old.
Private Management And Operation Of The Space Shuttle: Some Legal Problems Related To Market Entry, George S. Robinson
Private Management And Operation Of The Space Shuttle: Some Legal Problems Related To Market Entry, George S. Robinson
Akron Law Review
Most of the private enterprise constituency interested in participating in the commercial exploitation of near and deep space will be subject to a multitude of new laws and entire legal regimes, ranging in scope from public and private international law to domestic legislation, implementing regulations and, even the old and new anti-trust laws. The majority of the interested business community has no idea that an amalgam of specific legal principles and regimes already exists of sufficient distinction to be called "space law."
An Interdisciplinary Approach To The Strategic Defense Initiative Debate, Scott F. March
An Interdisciplinary Approach To The Strategic Defense Initiative Debate, Scott F. March
Akron Law Review
An interdisciplinary framework in which international law is but one element is presented in this article in the hope of lending organization to the complex subject of space weaponization. Seven factors are discussed which strongly influence decision-makers in both the United States and the Soviet Union who are charged with establishing and implementing the military space policies of their respective nations. They are (1) the relationship between the militarization of earth and the militarization of space; (2) the effects of weapon technology and national defense policy upon the use of space; (3) the interrelationship of the international law-making process with …