/iasl/articles/rss en /iasl/article/developing-eu-space-law-process-harmonising-national-regulations <div> <h4><span><span><strong>The need for harmonising a mosaic of national laws and policies</strong><span><strong> </strong></span></span></span></h4> </div> <div></div> Fri, 16 Feb 2024 14:21:18 +0000 Laetitia Cesari 1402 at /iasl /iasl/article/artificial-intelligence-outer-space-responsibility-state-software-developer <h3>I. Introduction</h3> Mon, 18 Dec 2023 13:09:53 +0000 Stefan-Michael Wedenig 1393 at /iasl /iasl/article/china-spectre-commercial-space-measured-alert-or-unfounded-alarm <p>I recently came across <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/21/china-space-law-treaty-djibouti-obock-launch-facility-ost/">an article</a> in Foreign Policy that paints an ominous picture of China's potential overseas spaceport in Djibouti. The piece presents this project as a legal nightmare. It is an entertaining read. But it is riddled with sweeping assumptions, speculative claims, and a healthy dollop of alarmism.</p> Fri, 15 Sep 2023 20:14:54 +0000 Kiran Mohan Vazhapully 1382 at /iasl /iasl/article/florida-moves-limit-spaceflight-liability <div> <p align="left">On 25 May 2023, the Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, signed a new bill: <a href="https://laws.flrules.org/2023/139">An Act Relating to Spaceflight Entity Liability</a> (the “<b>Act</b>”).<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="" id="_ftnref1">[1]</a> The Act received relatively limited media coverage. But, as I will explore in this post, its impact on private spaceflight could be game-changing.</p></div> Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:10:28 +0000 Philippe Beaulieu 1377 at /iasl /iasl/article/air-indias-mega-order-more-just-metal <p>In a ground-breaking move, Air India has placed two ‘mega orders’ for a staggering 470 aircraft – 220 from Boeing and 250 from Airbus. With an option to order an additional 370 planes, the total number of aircraft could soar to an <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/air-indias-deal-with-boeing-airbus-heralds-a-new-dawn-for-the-civil-aviation-sector-scindia-says/articleshow/98006374.cms">unprecedented 840</a>.</p> Thu, 02 Mar 2023 21:02:25 +0000 Eshaan Bansal 1357 at /iasl /iasl/wayward%20balloons Against the backdrop of ballooning tensions between China and the United States, the following commentary explores some of the legal issues from the perspective of international (air) law. Wed, 08 Feb 2023 04:16:38 +0000 kuan-wei.chen@mcgill.ca 1355 at /iasl /iasl/article/moon-agreement-hanging-thread <p>Before 5 January 2023, no state had ever withdrawn from any of the five United Nations treaties on space-related activities. But that day, Saudi Arabia <a href="https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/CN/2023/CN.4.2023-Eng.pdf">notified the United Nations Secretary-Genera</a>l that it was withdrawing from the fifth of those treaties - <a href="https://www.unoosa.org/pdf/gares/ARES_34_68E.pdf">the Moon Agreement</a>. The Moon Agreement has long struggled for practical relevance. It has gained just 18 adherents since it opened for signature on 18 December 1979.</p> Wed, 25 Jan 2023 20:54:01 +0000 Stefan-Michael Wedenig & Jack Wright Nelson 1349 at /iasl /iasl/Reconciling%20Airline%20Passenger%20Rights%20and%20Flight%20Safety <p>The post-war economic and travel boom of the 1950s and 60s, combined with the rapid development of commercial aircraft and related flight technologies, is often referred to as the “<a href="https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/golden-age-flying-really-like/index.html">Golden Age of Travel</a>.” Flying was the purview of a select few, and the experience was usually nothing short of elegant. Boarding an aircraft in shorts and flip-flops was not only unacceptable … it was scandalous. In short, life was good at 37,000 feet.</p> Sat, 12 Nov 2022 01:45:48 +0000 George Petsikas 1304 at /iasl /iasl/US%20commitment%20not%20to%20conduct%20ASAT%20testing <p style="text-align:center"></p><div class="image-caption-container"><img height="282" width="500" class="file-extra-large no-float" src="/iasl/files/iasl/styles/wysiwyg_extra_large/public/white_house_remarks.png?itok=hjDVqKJk" alt="" /><div class="image-caption">Screenshot of White House website " Remarks by Vice President Harris on the Ongoing Work to Establish Norms in Space"</div></div> <p>In 1996, then United States (US) Commander-in-Chief of Space Command Joseph W Ashy famously touted that:</p> Fri, 22 Apr 2022 02:40:54 +0000 Kuan-Wei Chen 1291 at /iasl /iasl/article-potential-reregistration-aircraft-breach-1944-chicago-convention <p>According to media reports, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin recently signed a bill into law that would allow Russian-based airlines to re-register foreign owned airplanes on the Russian national register to enable them to be flown nationally within Russia, even though those airplanes are duly registered abroad, mostly in Ireland or Bermuda.<a href="#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title="" id="_ednref1">[i]</a> Russia is one of the biggest markets world-wide for leased aircraft.</p> Mon, 21 Mar 2022 13:57:58 +0000 Stefan-Michael Wedenig & Donal Patrick Hanley 1285 at /iasl