International Space Law and Space Laws of the United States

International Space Law and Space Laws of the United States provides helpful practice tips for representing clients and doing business in today''s commercial space industry, as well as important coverage of the essentials for students of Space Law. Each chapter explores a nuanced space law issue and concludes with review questions.

Written by two Georgetown Space Law professors who are also Space Law practitioners, with more than 50 years of combined expertise having worked as legal counsel for NASA, in the halls of Congress and in the Executive Branch, this book explains complex regulations in approachable language and is thoroughly annotated.

This work is valuable for students of Space Law as well as practitioners. It will serve as a handy desk reference for years to come.

Contents:

PART I INTRODUCTION 1. An introduction to international space law and space laws of the United States PART II INTERNATIONAL SPACE LAW 2. International space law primer 3. The Outer Space Treaty 4. Additional sources of international space law PART III SPACE AGENCIES AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES 5. Domestic law primer 6. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration 7. U.S. commercial space launch, reentry and spaceports 8. Commercial remote sensing, space commerce and space weather 9. U.S. commercial space communications 10. Space operations and the U.S. Department of Defense 11. Additional USG agencies involved in spaceflight activities PART IV SUBSTANTIVE LEGAL ISSUES IN OUTER SPACE LAW 12. Environmental issues in outer space 13. National security and military uses of outer space 14. Planetary defense Epilogue Index