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Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz - Foreword

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Jeffrey Robert Kuhns - The Application of the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA) to Commercial Space Flight Accidents

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P.L. 109-304: To complete the codification of title 46, United States Code, ��Shipping��, as positive law.
209 F. 3d 200: In Re Air Crash Disaster Off Long Island New York on July 17, 1996 (2d. Cir. 200)

210 F.Supp. 2d 570: In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia on September 2, 1998 (E.D. Pa. 2002)

H.R. Rep. 109-170: Codification of Title 46, United States Code, "Shipping", as Positive Law

P.L. 106-181: Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century

117 F.3d 1477: In re Korean Arilines Disaster of Sept. 1, 1983 (D.C. Cir. 1997)

516 U.S. 217: Zicherman v. Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd.

660 F. Supp. 796: Jennings v. Boeing (E.D. Pa. 1987)

409 U.S. 249: Executive Jet Aviation v. City of Cleveland (U.S. 1972)

877 F.2d 40: Jane J. Smith v. U.S. (7th Cir. 1989)

712 F.Supp. 893: Smith v. Morton Thiokol, Inc. (M.D. Fla. 1988)

Order JO 7400.9V: Airspace Designations and Reporting Points

1944-12-7: Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention)

259 F.2d 493: D'Aleman v. Pan American World Airways (2d Cir. 1958)

Sara M. Langston - Suborbital Flights: A Comparative Analysis of National and International Law

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ST-SPACE-11: United Nations Treaties and Principles on Outer Space

P.L. 111-314: To enact certain laws relating to national and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, ''National and Commercial Space Programs''

A/RES/16/1721: International Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

1929-10-12: CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE BY AIR, SIGNED AT WARSAW ON 12 OCTOBER 1929 ( WARSAW CONVENTION)

1944-12-7: Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention)

1999-5-28: CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES FOR INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE BY AIR SIGNED AT MONTREAL ON 28 MAY 1999 (THE MONTREAL CONVENTION, 1999)

1961-9-18: CONVENTION SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE WARSAW CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE BY AIR PERFORMED BY A PERSON OTHER THAN THE CONTRACTING CARRIER, SIGNED IN GUADALAJARA, ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1961 (GUADALAJARA CONVENTION 1961)

WET van 24 januari 2007, houdende regels omtrent ruimtevaartactiviteiten en de instelling van een register van ruimtevoorwerpen (Wet ruimtevaartactiviteiten) [ACT of 24 January 2007, containing rules concerning space activities and the establishment of a register of space objects (Space Activities Act)]

1919-10-13: Convention Relating to the Regulation of Aeria Navigation Signed at Paris, October 13, 1919 (Paris Convention)

United kingdom: 1986 Chap. 38: Outer Space Act 1986

1952-10-7: CONVENTION ON DAMAGE CAUSED BY FOREIGN AIRCRAFT TO THIRD PARTES ON THE SURFACE, SIGNED AT ROME, ON 7 OCTOBER 1952 (ROME CONVENTION 1952)

72 Fed. Reg. 17001: Experimental Permits for Reusable Suborbital Rockets

P.L. 85-568: National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, As Amended

Australia: 2001 no. 186: Space Activities Regulations 2001

2008-11: Lost in Space? Setting a new direction for Australia's space science and industry sector November

Australia: 1998 no. 123: Space Activities Act 1998

United Kingdom: Model License

A/AC.105/C.2/2010/CRP.11: Information on national legislation relevant to the peaceful exploration and use of outer space: reply of the Netherlands

1982:963: Act on Space Activities [unofficial translation]

1982:963: Act on Space Activities [unofficial translation]

71 Fed. Reg. 75616: Human Space Flight Requirements for Crew and Space Flight Participants; Final Rule

Book Reviews

National Regulation of Space Activities, edited by Ram Jakhu (Springer, 2010), 457 pages (Review by Michael Dodge)

Space Law: A Treatise, by Francis F. Lyall and Paul B. Larsen (Ashgate, 2009),596 pages (Review by Stephen E. Doyle)

Who Owns the Moon? Extraterrestrial Aspects of Land and Mineral Resources Ownership, by Virgiliu Pop (Berlin: Springer, 2009), 175 pages (Review by Chris Kalantzis)

Bibliography

P.J. Blount - Aviation and Space Law: Relevant Publications

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The Outer Space Treaty is the foundation of international space law and entered into force on October 10, 1967. Since that time, 100 States have become parties to it through signature and ratification or accession.

As early as 1958, the United States voiced a commitment to peace in outer space. President Eisenhower, answering a letter from Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin, proposed that the Soviet Union and the United States "agree that outer space should be used only for peaceful purposes."

Established in 1958, the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space has grown from 24 members at its founding to 70 members currently. It now constitutes one of the largest standing committees within the United Nations.

At the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, held in November and December of 1944, 52 nations agreed to create the International Civil Aviation Organization, the UN committee responsible for issues regarding air travel.

The 1998 International Space Station Agreement governs the construction and use of the International Space Station. It also contains provisions for criminal jurisdiction and provides protection for intellectual property.

The 1998 International Space Station Agreement governs the construction and use of the International Space Station. It also contains provisions for criminal jurisdiction and provides protection for intellectual property.

In 2007, Virginia passed the Spaceflight Liability and Immunity Act, making it the first state in the United States to make space law.

The International Telecommunications Union, was founded in 1865 making it the oldest organization that is now part of the United Nations. It works, in part, to manage the radio-frequency spectrum and geostationary satellite orbits.

The UN Secretariat has maintained a registry of launches since 1962, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1721 B (XVI).

On Dec. 20, 2010, Pres. Obama signed H.R. 3237 into P. L. 111-314 which enacted the newest Title to the US Code: Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs.

Japan’s first national space law, The Basic Space Law, became effective on August 27, 2008.

The International Charter on Space and Major Disasters has been activated hundreds of times since it became operational in 2001.

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Current Issue and Supplemental Material

Volume 37 - Summer 2011 - Number 2

Foreword

Articles

Jeffrey Robert Kuhns - The Application of the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA) to Commercial Space Flight Accidents

Sara M. Langston - Suborbital Flights: A Comparative Analysis of National and International Law

Book Reviews

National Regulation of Space Activities, edited by Ram Jakhu (Springer, 2010), 457 pages (Review by Michael Dodge)

Space Law: A Treatise, by Francis F. Lyall and Paul B. Larsen (Ashgate, 2009),596 pages (Review by Stephen E. Doyle)

Who Owns the Moon? Extraterrestrial Aspects of Land and Mineral Resources Ownership, by Virgiliu Pop (Berlin: Springer, 2009), 175 pages (Review by Chris Kalantzis)