A Fresh View on the Outer Space Treaty

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Froehlich, Annette (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Studies in Space Policy, 13
• Subjects: Law of the sea.; International law.; Political science.; Space sciences.; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.; Political Science.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Outer Space Treaty this book gives a first insight into where the next generation considers room for further improvement of the Outer Space Treaty in order to cope with upcoming aspects such as providing solutions for the emerging commercial, economic,...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Executive Summary
• Emergence of Environmental Protection Clauses in Outer Space Treaty: A Lesson from the Rio Principles
• Legal Consequences of Environmental Pollution in Outer Space
• Intentional Destruction of Satellites in Relation to International Peace and Security
• Peacekeeping Operations in Outer Space: Contradictions in Article IV of the Outer Space Treaty
• Wild Military Operations in Outer Space, a Sword of Damocles Hanging over Future of Space Environment and Space Activities
• Space Settlement and the Celestial Subjectivity Model: Shifting Our Legal Perspective of the Universe
• Outer Space Treaty during Fourth Industrial Revolution
• Into the 21st Century: Integration of Principles of Global Governance in Space Law
• About the Authors.