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War and Peace in Outer Space

Author : Cassandra Steer

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : pages

File Size : 41,93 MB

Release : 2020-11-20

Category : Law

ISBN : 0197548695

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This book delves into legal and ethical concerns over the increased weaponization of outer space and the potential for space-based conflict in the very near future. Unique to this collection is the emphasis on questions of ethical conduct and legal standards applicable to military uses of outer space. No other existing publication takes this perspective, nor includes such a range of interdisciplinary expertise. The essays included in this volume explore the moral and legal issues of space security in four sections. Part I provides a general legal framework for the law of war and peace in space. Part II tackles ethical issues. Part III looks at specific threats to space security. Part IV proposes possible legal and diplomatic solutions. With an expert author team from North American and Europe, the volume brings together academics, military lawyers, military space operators, aerospace industry representatives, diplomats, and national security and policy experts. The experience of this team provides a collection unmatched in any academic publication broaching even some of these issues and will be required reading for anyone interested in war and peace in outer space.



Peaceful and Non-Peaceful Uses of Space

Author : Unidir United Nations Institute For Disarmament Research

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 46,16 MB

Release : 2021-01-26

Category : History

ISBN : 1000263150

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This book, first published in 1991, is the cumulative result of a long period of research by qualified experts in an attempt to analyse the legal and scientific problems of arriving at definitions in the task of preventing an arms race in outer space. Problems of definition confront the negotiator at the very outset of any discussion on preventing a space arms race – this book sets out to remove these problems by examining the possible definitions.



Outer Space - A New Dimension of the Arms Race

Author : Bhupendra Jasani

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 448 pages

File Size : 31,81 MB

Release : 2021-01-26

Category : History

ISBN : 1000263118

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This book, first published in 1982, analyses the prospects of the Cold War superpowers arms race spilling into outer space. A SIPRI-organized symposium in 1981 discussed the consequences of the militarization of outer space, as well as further arms control and disarmament measures. This book presents the findings of 20 eminent scientists, lawyers and diplomats from 12 different countries.



Common Security in Outer Space and International Law

Author : Detlev Wolter (jurist.)

Publisher : United Nations Publications UNIDIR

Page : 322 pages

File Size : 11,73 MB

Release : 2006

Category : History

ISBN :

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This publication explores the concept of common security and the legal foundations for its application in outer space law, based on the premise that outer space is an internationalised common area beyond the national jurisdiction of individual states, and therefore security in space must be the common security of all states. Chapters cover a range of issues including: the principle of the peaceful use of outer space, passive military uses, and multilateral negotiations to prevent an arms race in outer space; structural change of international law and the common heritage of mankind principle; and proposals for a multilateral agreement and the creation of an International Organisation for Common Security in Outer Space.



United Nations Treaties and Principles on Outer Space

Author : United Nations

Publisher : New York : United Nations

Page : 56 pages

File Size : 49,4 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Space law

ISBN : 9789211009002

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This publication sets out the text of the five UN treaties so far adopted governing the activities of countries in the exploration and use of outer space, as well as the five Principles adopted by the UN General Assembly.



The Role of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Propulsion in the Peaceful Exploration of Space

Author : International Atomic Energy Agency

Publisher : IAEA

Page : 152 pages

File Size : 32,25 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN :

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Provides details of a variety of radioisotope power systems, shows in what circumstances they surpass other power systems, and provides the history of the space missions in which they have been employed. The book also summarizes the use of on-board reactors and the testing done on reactor rocket thrusters.



The United Nations and Space Security

Author : Annette Froehlich

Publisher : Springer

Page : 129 pages

File Size : 15,60 MB

Release : 2019-08-10

Category : Law

ISBN : 303006025X

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This book provides a detailed analysis on the history and development of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) and the Conference on Disarmament (CD) and the coordination and cooperation between these two fora. Furthermore, it discusses the future challenges that these fora will have to deal with and conclude in which way the current system can change to cope with the evolution of space matters. This is necessary for the proper discussion of space matters because these matters cannot simply be divided between military and non-military, but are interrelated.



Space Weapons Earth Wars

Author : Robert Preston

Publisher : Rand Corporation

Page : 231 pages

File Size : 25,85 MB

Release : 2002-02-13

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 0833032526

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This overview aims to inform the public discussion of space-based weapons by examining their characteristics, potential attributes, limitations, legality, and utility. The authors do not argue for or against space weapons, nor do they estimate the potential costs and performance of specific programs, but instead sort through the realities and myths surrounding space weapons in order to ensure that debates and discussions are based on fact.



The Law of Outer Space

Author : Tanja L. Masson-Zwaan

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 186 pages

File Size : 46,88 MB

Release : 2010-09-10

Category : Law

ISBN : 9004215786

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It is a remarkable achievement to write a book that almost four decades after its publication has lost virtually none of its relevance. Manfred Lachs’ famous treatise on the Law of Outer Space was originally published in 1972, yet it is still a classic and must-read text for space law students today, even though copies can nowadays be rarely found. The reissue of this remarkable work is therefore timely indeed. Its aim is to make the brilliance, foresight and clarity of Lachs’ thinking once more easily accessible to a new generation of scholars. Issued on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the International Institute of Space Law, of which Lachs was President, this volume reproduces the original text of Lachs' work in full, with a new preface, introduction and index supplied by the editors.



National Space Legislation in Europe

Author : Frans G. von der Dunk

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 413 pages

File Size : 46,43 MB

Release : 2011-09-09

Category : Law

ISBN : 9004215972

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The increasing involvement of private enterprise in the conduct of space activities raises key issues with respect to international space law which has left it to national law to implement relevant rules vis-à-vis private enterprise. Almost unavoidably, such national implementation regimes differ largely across individual states. This is also true in Europe, where the issue is further compounded by the fundamental – but fundamentally different – roles of ESA and the European Union. Focusing on Europe, the present book thus represents the first comprehensive effort to discuss national authorisation schemes not country by country but theme by theme, so as to allow for a real comparison of the lack of harmonisation or even coordination, and the possible problems which may result.