A Fresh View on the Outer Space Treaty

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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, environmental and social questions. At the time of the adoption of the Outer Space Treaty in 1967 the purpose of this treaty was to avoid conflicting military situations in space. However, 50 years later the Outer Space Treaty is n demand to meet the ever increasing space activities and the different actors involved such as the rise of the private sector players. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Emergence of Environmental Protection Clauses in Outer Space Treaty: A Lesson from the Rio Principles (Gordon Chung)....Pages 1-13 Legal Consequences of Environmental Pollution in Outer Space (Giulia Pavesi)....Pages 15-30 Intentional Destruction of Satellites in Relation to International Peace and Security (Alexander Gairiseb)....Pages 31-38 Peacekeeping Operations in Outer Space: Contradictions in Article IV of the Outer Space Treaty (Eduardo Bressel Baratto)....Pages 39-47 Wild Military Operations in Outer Space: A Sword of Damocles Hanging over the Future of Space Environment and Space Activities (Matteo Frigoli)....Pages 49-58 Space Settlement and the Celestial Subjectivity Model: Shifting Our Legal Perspective of the Universe (Zach Miller)....Pages 59-66 Outer Space Treaty During Fourth Industrial Revolution (Maria Baczyńska-Wilkowska)....Pages 67-73 Into the Twenty-First Century: Integration of Principles of Global Governance in Space Law (Valentin Degrange)....Pages 75-87