Outer Space: Problems Of Law And Policy

by Glenn Reynolds, Robert Merges

Overview

This book examines the international and domestic American legal problems associated with activity in outer space from a strong policy perspective, with particular attention given to problems associated with space commercialization and with military activities in outer space. Outer Space: Problems of Law and Policy is indispensable as a casebook, reference, and self-teaching tool for students, practitioners, academics, and members of the aerospace industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000309485
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/22/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
File size:	917 KB

About the Author

"Glenn H. Reynolds, a graduate of Yale Law School, is professor of law at the University of Tennessee.
Robert P. Merges, also a graduate of Yale Law School, is professor of law, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California Berkeley."

Table of Contents

Preface -- Preface to the First Edition -- Ancient Russia and the Kievan State -- Russia Divided and Conquered, 1054–1462 -- Moscow and “The Gathering of the Russian Lands,” 1328–1533 -- Ivan the Terrible and the Time of Troubles, 1533–1618 -- The Molding of Russian Society, 1613–89 -- Peter the Great and Westernization, 1689–1725 -- Change and Continuity, 1725–1801 -- Power, Backwardness, and Creativity, 1801–55 -- Reform, Reaction, and Modernization, 1855–1904 -- Revolution, Reform, and War, 1904–17 -- Revolution, Civil War, and the Founding of Soviet Society, 1917–28 -- The Second Revolution, the Stalinist System, and World War II, 1928–46 -- Stagnation and Reform in Soviet Society, 1946–90 -- The Soviet Union as a World Power, 1944–90

Editorial Reviews

A text for law students, attorneys, and interested lay persons that provides a grounding in the principles of international and domestic American space law. Provides an overview of aspects that include orbit allocations, unfair trade in satellite launch services, future conflicts such as allocation of space resources. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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