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International Regimes for the Final Frontier. By M. J. Peterson. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2005. Pp. xi, 340. Index. $85.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Maureen Williams
Maureen Williams*
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University of Buenos Aires/CONICET
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 105 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 403 - 407
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1 These reports tend to be scholarly presentations of an interdisciplinary nature, highly appreciated by the delegations to COPUOS, and elucidate the major questions on the agenda of that UN body. The reports are available on the Web site of the UN office of Outer Space Affairs, http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/docsidx.html.

2 Convention on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space, Apr. 22, 1968, 19 UST 7570, TIAS No. 6599, 672 UNTS 119.

3 Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space, Jan. 14, 1975, 28 UST 695, TIAS No. 8480, 1023 UNTS 15.

4 See Bin, Cheng, The 1968 Astronauts Agreement or How Not to Make a Treaty, 23 Y.B. World Aff. 185 (1969).Google Scholar

5 Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects, Mar. 29, 1972, 24 UST 2389, 961 UNTS 187 [hereinafter Liability Convention].

6 See Glenn H. Reynolds and Robert P. Merges, Outer Space: Problems of Law and Policy, 179–89 (2d ed. 1997).

7 Liability Convention, supra note 5, Art. XII (emphasis added).

8 Norwegian Shipowners’ Claims (Nor./U.S.), 1 R.I.A.A. 307, 330–31 (Perm. Ct. Arb. 1922).

9 Bin, Cheng, Justice and Equity in International Law, 8 Current Legal Probs. 185 (1955).Google Scholar

10 E.g., North Sea Continental Shelf (FRG v. Den./ FRG v. Neth.), 1969 ICJ Rep. 3 (Dec. 20); Fisheries Jurisdiction (FRG v. Ice.), Merits, 1974 ICJ Rep. 175 (July 24); Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libya), 1982 ICJ Rep. 18 (Feb. 24); Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Maine Area (Can./U.S.), 1984 ICJ Rep. 246 (Oct. 12); Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary Between Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, 19 R.I.A.A. 149 (1985).

11 Delimitation of the Continental Shelf (UK/Fr.), 18 R.I.A.A. 3, para. 196 (1977), 18 ILM 397 (1979).

12 See Bin Cheng, Studies in International Space Law 244–246 (1997).

13 Note Verbale from Arvid Pardo (Malta) to the Secretary-General, UN Doc. A/6695 (Aug. 18, 1967).

14 If the publication archives at the Peace Palace in Geneva are examined, it becomes clear that the term “common heritage” was first used and explained in that context, corresponding to the inaugural session of June 19, 1967 at 3:15 pm. See UN Doc. A/AC. 105/ C.2/SR.75 (1967).