Format:
1 online resource (218 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789004240285
Content:
International space law is less than 50 years old. Although the work on the codification of space law started in the late 1950s, the Outer Space Treaty was only adopted in January 1967. However, much earlier than that, even as early as 1932, the first ideas about legal rules for human activities in outer space were being considered. Very little is known about these early drafts and proposals, and the pioneering work of early scholars in the field remains relatively unknown. This volume seeks to redress this by analysing the biographies and contributions to international space law of eleven such early "pioneers", whose ground-breaking and original work helped to develop the field in important ways. The collection starts in the 1930's with the Czech author Vladimir Mandl, and dwells at length on the 1950's, the early time of space flight. The section on each "pioneer" is written by different members of the International Institute of Space Law, making this a lively, fascinating and unique collection of essays, of interest to the whole community of space lawyers.
Content:
Intro -- Pioneers of Space Law -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: Tanja Masson-Zwaan and Stephan Hobe -- Chapter I: Alex Meyer (15.12.1879 - 21.08.1978) -- Chapter II: Eugène Pépin (27.06.1887 - 27.04.1988) -- Chapter III: John Cobb Cooper, Jr. (18.9.1887 - 22.7.1967) -- Chapter IV: Evgeny Aleksandrovich Korovin (12.10.1892 - 3.11.1964) -- Chapter V: Vladimír Mandl (20.3.1899 - 8.1.1941) -- Chapter VI: Andrew G. Haley (4.11.1904 - 10.9.1966) -- Chapter VII: Daniel Goedhuis (31.1.1905 - 5.10.1995) -- Chapter VIII: Eilene M. Galloway (4.5.1906 - 2.5.2009) -- Chapter IX: Rolando Quadri (22.12.1907 - 2.4.1976) -- Chapter X: C. Wilfred Jenks (7.3.1909 - 9.10.1973) -- Chapter XI: Manfred Lachs (21.4.1914 - 4.1.1993) -- About the International Institute of Space Law.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004240278
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004240278
Language:
English
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