Pioneers of space law : a publication of the international institute of space / edited by Stephan Hobe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hobe, Stephan.

International Institute of Space Law, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space law--Cases.

Space law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

International space law is less than 50 years old. Although the work on the codification of space law started in the late 1950's, 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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Stephan Hobe

Tanja Masson-Zwaan and Stephan Hobe / Stephan Hobe

Alex Meyer (15.12.1879 – 21.08.1978) / Stephan Hobe

Eugène Pépin (27.06.1887 – 27.04.1988) / Armel Kerrest

John Cobb Cooper, Jr. (18.9.1887 – 22.7.1967) / Ram S. Jakhu and Michelle Ancona

Evgeny Aleksandrovich Korovin (12.10.1892 – 3.11.1964) / Gennady P. Zhukov , Vladlen S. Vereshchetin and Anatoly Y. Kapustin

Vladimír Mandl (20.3.1899 – 8.1.1941) / Vladimír Kopal and Mahulena Hofmann

Andrew G. Haley (4.11.1904 – 10.9.1966) / Stephen E. Doyle

Daniel Goedhuis (31.1.1905 – 5.10.1995) / Peter van Fenema and Tanja Masson-Zwaan

Eilene M. Galloway (4.5.1906 – 2.5.2009) / Marcia S. Smith and Jonathan F. Galloway

Rolando Quadri (22.12.1907 – 2.4.1976) / Sergio Marchisio

C. Wilfred Jenks (7.3.1909 – 9.10.1973) / Steven Freeland

Manfred Lachs (21.4.1914 – 4.1.1993) / Francis Lyall

About the International Institute of Space Law / Stephan Hobe.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-24028-4

OCLC:

868490903