Soft Law in Outer Space: The Function of Non-binding Norms in International Space Law (Studien zu Politik und Verwaltung) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3205787978 ISBN 13: 9783205787976

Publisher: Bohlau Verlag, 2012

Synopsis

Non-binding norms have become increasingly popular in the law of outer space. After the 1979 Moon Agreement, no further international treaty has been adopted. Instead, a number of non-binding instruments, has been produced. This book analyzes to what extent such "soft law" - even if the term is sometimes criticized - fulfills its function and has in fact an influence on States and private actors in their conduct of space activities. The authors are academics and practitioners and discuss, after a general theoretical introduction, the different instruments in the fields of space debris, nuclear power sources, remote sensing, registration practice, liability, and demilitarization.

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About the Authors

Irmgard Marboe is Associate Professor of International Law at the Department of European, International and Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Vienna. Since 2009, she is the head of the Austrian National Point of Contact for Space Law of the European Centre for Space Law.

Wolfgang Mantl, geb. 1939 in Wien,, Dr. Dr. h.c., em. o. Univ.-Prof. für Politikwissenschaft und Verfassungsrecht an der Universität Graz, Wirkliches Mitglied der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Gastprofessuren in Freiburg/Fribourg, Leiden, Lemberg/L'viv, 2003-2005 Gründungsvorsitzender des Österreichischen Wissenschaftsrates, 2005-2007 Leiter des Forschungsprojektes

Edition details

• Publisher: Bohlau Verlag
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3205787978
• ISBN 13: 9783205787976
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 407
• Editor: Marboe Ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Irmgard