Routledge Handbook of Commercial Space Law (Hardcover)

Description

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The Routledge Handbook of Commercial Space Law provides a definitive survey of the transitions and adjustments across the stakeholder community contributing to outer space activities. The interaction between NewSpace, traditional aerospace industrials, and non-traditional space-related technologies is driving market changes which will affect state practice in what has until now been a government dominated market. Greater private commercial participation will lead to new economic approaches to risk-sharing models driven by a space services dominated market. This handbook is a detailed reference source of original articles which analyse and critically evaluate the scope of the current paradigm change, and explain why space contracts and risk apportionment as currently known will change in tune with ongoing market transitions. Reference is made to the scope of best practices across various leading states involved in space activities. With contributions from a selection of highly regarded and leading scholars and practitioners in the Commercial Space Law field, and the inclusion of salient documents, regulatory and contractual documents, the Routledge Handbook of Commercial Space Law is an essential resource for students, scholars, and practitioners who are interested in the field of Commercial Space Law.

About the Author

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Lesley Jane Smith is Professor of International Economic Law at the Leuphana University, Germany, is partner in Weber-Steinhaus & Smith, Bremen, and Vice President of the International Institute of Space Law. A member of the International Academy of Astronautics and Corresponding Fellow at the Royal Society Edinburgh, she served the International Astronautical Federation as General Counsel, and currently acts as Alternate Ombudsman to the European Space Agency.Ingo Baumann is a founding partner of BHO Legal, a technology law firm based in Cologne, Germany. He is member of the International Institute of Space Law, the European Centre for Space Law and various space industry associations. He is active in several programmes as mentors for start-ups in the space sector.Susan-Gale Wintermuth is Professor in the China-EU Law School at China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China. She is a lecturer at the Stockholm School of Economics Riga, where she instructs on international business law. She also contributes on the same subject to the Executive MBA at the Stockholm School of Economics Riga.