The regulation of space activities and the space environment

Ulrike M. Bohlmann; Steven Freeland

The regulation of space activities and the space environment

Ulrike M. Bohlmann, Steven Freeland

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Abstract

Tl1e international legal regulation of outer space has e!Jolved itt response to the rapidly expanding activities involving the exploration and use of outer space, beginning at the height of the cold war era. Space law is now an important part of public intemational law, incorporating significant developments in both space tecltnofogy and international environmental law. This chapter considers the legal instruments and soft-law principles goveming the outer space environment and space acti11ities and explores whether the international law ir1 this area is equipped to deal with the considerable challenges that lie ahead.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law
Editors	Shawkat Alam, Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, Tareq M. R. Chowdhury, Erika J. Techera
Place of Publication	U.K.
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	375-391
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Print)	9780415687171
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

international law
environmental law
space law

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