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A Unified Multinational Approach To The Application Of Tort And Contract Principles To Outer Space, Hamilton Desaussure, P.P.C. Haanappel Jan 1978

A Unified Multinational Approach To The Application Of Tort And Contract Principles To Outer Space, Hamilton Desaussure, P.P.C. Haanappel

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

As the number of multinational corporations exploiting the regions of outer space for commercial reasons, and the number of nongovernmental spacefarers increase, some systematic approach to the application of substantive legal rules for the settlement of disputes generated by extraterrestrial events, particularly outer space accidents and contractual deviations, will have to be formulated.