* The Future of Outer Space Law

NOT YET PUBLSIHED

This book identifies and discusses problems and opportunities for the future theory and practice of outer space law.

The corpus of outer space law, including the Outer Space Treaty 1967, has faced multiple challenges and critiques. In recent times, these have included advances in technology, the militarisation of outer space, space debris, and geopolitics. The prominent and emerging contributors to this collection draw on diverse research frameworks to discuss proposals for the future of outer space law and policy. These include addressing regulatory gaps and under-examined and emerging areas of the law, but also beyond, the Outer Space Treaty – especially related to potential extraterrestrial settlements, satellites technology, self-defence, self-determination and the environment. The book discusses the tensions between universalism and localisation, as well as the regionalisation of outer space law and policy – and how these approaches might adapt to create a dynamic space industry for the future.

This book is both practical and theoretical in scope, and will be of interest to academics, researchers and students. It will also be of interest to international organisations, diplomats and other government officials and policymakers.

table of content

1. Introduction: The Future of Outer Space Law

Anna Marie Brennan

 

PART I: The Promise of Outer Space Law

2. From Wagon Trains to Rocket Ships: Frontier Mentalities and Natural Law in Outer Space

Jennifer Brobst

3. A Narrative of Space Law: Extra-Textual Extra-terrestrial Law Formation

P.J. Blount

4. The Right of Self-Defence in Outer Space Law: Legal Issues and Way Forward

Fabio Tronchetti

 

PART II: Futures for Colonisation and Residence in Outer Space

5. Boots on the Moon: Managing the Return of Humans to the Moon

Melissa De Zwart

6. The Moondust Kingdom: Jurisdiction over 3D-Printed Stations Created on Celestial Bodies

Danny Johansen

7. Living Amongst the Stars: Conceptualising Freedom of Movement to and from Future Extraterrestrial Human Settlements

Anna Marie Brennan

 

PART III: Futures for Contemporary Problems

8. Emerging Principles on Safety Zones around Space Resource Utilisation Activities on Celestial Bodies

Lachlan Blake and Matthew Stubbs

9. It’s Not my Fault!: The Looming Danger of Space Debris and the Quest Towards a Future International Legal Framework

William Schonberg and Anna Marie Brennan

10. Critical Space Synergies: The European GNSS, Liability and Sustainable Development Goals

Ioana Bratu

11. Conclusion: Hypothesising the Future of Outer Space Law

Anna Marie Brennan