Launching Space Objects: Issues of Liability and Future Prospects

by Valérie Kayser

Book Overview

Launch activities performed by private entities deal with a complex legal environment. The Space Treaties provide a general liability framework. Launch participants are subject to regulatory or institutional control, and to domestic liability laws. Specific contractual practice has developed due to insurance limitations, the inter-participants' waivers of liability and claims. This book synthesizes information on the norms of play, to allow the grasp...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048158400
• ISBN13: 9789048158409
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"