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Some Thoughts about Sovereign Rights Arising from Space Activities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Paul G. Dembling*
Affiliation:
Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Washington

Abstract

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Type
Vexing Issues of Supreme Authority and Sovereign Rights Arising from Space Activities
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1994 

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References

1 Public Health and Welfare, ch. 26, Nat’l Space Program, 42 U.S.C. § 2451 (1958).

2 Palmer Daniel Edmunds, Law And Civilization vii (1959).

3 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Uses of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, Oct. 10, 1967, 18 UST 2411 (hereinafter Outer Space Treaty).

4 International Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, GA Res. 33/16, 51st Plenary Mtg; at 66, UN Doc. A/34/45 (1979).

5 Presented by the delegates of the Soviet Union to the Outer Space Committee, 1979

6 18U.S.T. 2411, at 2413.

7 18U.S.T. 2411, at 2416.

8 The first sentence of Article IX provides: “In the exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, States Parties to the Treaty shall be guided by the principle of cooperation and mutual assistance and shall conduct all their activities in outer space, with due regard to the corresponding interests of all other States Parties to the Treaty.” Outer Space Treaty, 18 U.S.T. 2411.