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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...
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Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,
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| Publisher Address: | Leiden ; Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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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 s |
| Item Description: | "A publication of the International Institute of Space Law." |
| Carrier Form: | vi, 212 pages : portraits ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9004240276 9789004240278 (hardback) : 9004240284 9789004240285 |
| Index Number: | KZD1145 |
| CLC: | D999.1 |
| Call Number: | D999.1/P662 |
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Alex Meyer (15/12/1879 -- 21/08/1978) / Eugène Pépin (27/06/1887 -- 27/04/1988) / John Cobb Cooper, Jr. (18/9/1887 -- 22/7/1967) / Evgeny Aleksandrovich Korovin (12/10/1897 -- 3/11/1964) / Vladimír Mandl (20/3/1899 -- 8/1/1941) / Andrew G. Haley (4/11/1904 -- 10/9/1966) / Daniel Goedhuis (31/1/1905 -- 5/10/1995) / Eilene M. Galloway |