February 2022
A new legal system for space
...Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University, Canada), Prof Chris Newman (lecturer in space law at the UK’s University of Northumberland), Helen Tung (Co-Chair of IAF Space Operations & Space Debris committee) and Prof Yun Zhao...
May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
.... She has received numerous fellowships and awards, including the World Champions Award of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition 2016. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
... Prof Dr Ram S Jakhu is Associate Professor and former Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law and the Center for Research in Air and Space Law of McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He is also Project Director of the MILAMOS (McGill Manual...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
...from a legal perspective, the deployment of such systems requires an understanding of how, inter alia, space law, environmental law and telecommunications law will apply, and what governance gaps exist. Notwithstanding these limitations, solar energy...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... Behnken familiarise themselves with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, prior to the Demo-2 flight test. Space law and health governance The United Nations space law treaties do not specifically address matters of public health. Even so, in 1959, the predecessor...
May 2020
An ethical code for living in space
...who can encourage or even force the implementation of the code under law (i.e. the UN, EU and individual countries). Proposal The implementation of a code of ethics for activity in space is crucial to all humanity before we organise and carry out any...
