Pollution of Outer Space:Scientific, Policy and Legal Aspects (Utrecht Studies in Air and Space Law)

This original book offers guidelines for the transition from the existing outer space regime, geared to space activities deployed exclusively by States, to a regime which also governs the commercial use of outer space resources by States as well as by non-governmental enterprise. The author meets the challenge of drafting new rules applicable to human activities in the still largely unknown environment of outer space by presenting the reader with a provocative review of the principles of space law as they were established in the sixties, culminating in the Space Treaty of 1967, followed by his own vision of the principles on which the future legal framework of outer space should be based. Written in the author's characteristic style, the book cannot fail to intrigue all those who are interested in space activities. Henri A. Wassenbergh is Professor of Law at Leiden University & Chairman of the Institute of Air & Space Law. He was Head of the KLM Foreign Relations Bureau for many years & has published extensively on Air & Space Law topics throughout a long & distinguished academic career.Reijnen, Gijsbertha C. is the author of 'Pollution of Outer Space:Scientific, Policy and Legal Aspects (Utrecht Studies in Air and Space Law)', published 1989 under ISBN 9789024737505 and ISBN 9024737508.