Jack Beard, Dale Stephens

The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations

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Produktbeschreibung

The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Activities and Operations is the first comprehensive examination on international law of military space activities, covering all aspects across times of peace, tension or crisis, and armed conflict. It analyses the rapidly changing development of space by both states and NGOs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 165mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 896g
• ISBN-13: 9780192870667
• ISBN-10: 0192870661
• Artikelnr.: 69724437

Autorenporträt

Professor Jack Beard is the Director of the Space, Cyber, and National Security Law Program at the University of Nebraska College of Law. His primary fields for teaching and scholarship are public international law and national security law, with a particular emphasis upon space law, cyber capabilities, arms control, and international humanitarian law. He previously served as the Associate Deputy General Counsel (International Affairs) in the Office of the US Secretary of Defense. He is a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, the University of Michigan Law School, and received an L.LM. in International and Comparative Law from the Georgetown University Law Center. Professor Dale Stephens CSM FAAL is a Professor at the University of Adelaide and a Captain in the Royal Australian Navy Reserve. He has occupied senior legal positions in the Australian Defence Force and undertook numerous operational deployments. He is Director of the Adelaide University Research Unit on Military Law and Ethics. He researches and teaches in the areas of International Law, Space Law, Military Operations Law and Law of Armed Conflict. He is Chair of the SA Red Cross IHL Committee. He was awarded his LL.M and SJD from Harvard Law School and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.

Inhaltsangabe

* Foreword
* Preface
* Introduction
* Methodology of the Woomera Manual
* Overview of the Space Law Regime
* Note on Legal Connections Between States and a Space Object
* Note on Outer Space vs Airspace (Delimitation of Outer Space)
* PART I: MILITARY SPACE ACTIVITIES DURING PEACETIME
* Introduction
* Section 1: Freedoms and Restrictions Related to the Use of Outer
Space
* Rule 1 - Freedom of Use, Access, Exploration, and Scientific
Investigation and Principles of Cooperation
* Rule 2 - Non-Appropriation of Outer Space and Celestial Bodies
* Rule 3 - Peaceful Purposes in Outer Space
* Rule 4 - Restrictions on Specified Military Establishments and
Activities on Celestial Bodies
* Rule 5 - Weapons of Mass Destruction
* Rule 6 - Military Space Activities and Intelligence Collection
* Rule 7 - Jurisdiction
* Rule 8 - Registration of Space Objects
* Rule 9 - Ownership of Space Objects
* Section 2: Responsibility and Liability
* Rule 10 - Responsibility of States for National Activities in Outer
Space
* Rule 11 - Responsibility of International Organizations
* Rule 12 - International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects
* Section 3: Other Obligations
* Rule 13 - Astronauts and Personnel of a Spacecraft
* Rule 14 - Avoidance of Harmful Contamination
* Rule 15 - Visits to Facilities on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies
* Part II: MILITARY SPACE ACTIVITIES DURING TIMES OF TENSION AND CRISIS
* Introduction
* Section 1: Legal Obligations and Prohibitions of Particular Relevance
During Times of Tension and Crisis
* Rule 16 - Zones
* Rule 17 - Due Regard
* Rule 18 - Harmful Interference
* Rule 19 - ITU Harmful Radio Interference
* Rule 20 - Non-Intervention Principle
* Rule 21 - Use of Force
* Rule 22 - Threat of Force
* Rule 23 - Armed Attack
* Section 2: Response Actions
* Rule 24 - Retorsion
* Rule 25 - Countermeasures
* Rule 26 - Self-Defence
* Rule 27 - Collective Self-Defence
* Rule 28 - Collective Security Measures
* PART III: MILITARY SPACE OPERATIONS DURING ARMED CONFLICT
* Introduction: Space, the Law of Armed Conflict, and General
Protection from Hostilities
* Section 1: Characterization of Armed Conflict
* Rule 29 - International Armed Conflict
* Rule 30 - Non-International Armed Conflict
* Section 2: Conduct in or Related to Attack
* Rule 31 - Attack
* Rule 32 - Distinction
* Rule 33 - Direct Participation in Hostilities
* Rule 34 - Military Objectives
* Rule 35 - Medical Units and Religious Personnel
* Section 3: Precautions in Attack
* Rule 36 - Verification
* Rule 37 - Choice of Means and Methods of Attack
* Rule 38 - Proportionality in Attack
* Rule 39 - Suspension or Cancellation of Attack
* Rule 40 - Warnings
* Rule 41 - Precautions against the Effects of Attack
* Section 4: Means and Methods of Warfare
* Rule 42 - Means and Methods of Warfare Generally
* Rule 43 - Natural Environment
* Rule 44 - Prohibition of Perfidy
* Rule 45 - Improper Use of Markings
* Section 5: Other Obligations
* Rule 46 - Constant Care
* Rule 47 - Belligerent Reprisals
* Rule 48 - Neutrality in Space