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Liability Versus Responsibility In Space Law: Misconception Or Misconstruction?, Frans G. Von Der Dunk

Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program: Faculty Publications

The relation between the two legal notions of 'responsibility' and 'liability' in space law has never been dealt with in a comprehensive fashion. The paper sets out to do this, although the problem turns out to be too complex to really realize that goal. First it goes back to those notions as they are dealt with in general international law, where their relation has indeed been a topic for discussion and research. The notions are analyzed with three key concepts as guidelines: the indispensable criteria for each of the notions to become applicable; the role of 'due care' as a …

Towards A European Space Agency, Mark Ii? The Space Program Of The Former Soviet Union And The Commonwealth Of Independent States, Frans G. Von Der Dunk

Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program: Faculty Publications

Out of the many historical political events of the last few years, in terms of outer space and outer space law the final demise of the Soviet Union in December 1991 no doubt was the most important. One of the two superpowers in space disappeared as a state never to return. The fifteen republics formerly comprising the Soviet Union entered the international community of states more or less in its stead, eleven of them willing - so far - to remain together within a framework for cooperation ominously named "Commonwealth of Independent States".

As to outer space, nine of those …