The International Space Station

Abstract

Foreword, V.S. Vereshchetin, Acknowledgements, Contributors, Table of Treaties, EC Legislation, and Documents of International Organisations, Acronyms and Abbreviations , A European Legal Regime for Commercial Utilisation of the International Space Station?, M.M.T.A. Brus and F.G. von der Dunk, The International Space Station Past, Present and Future - An Overview, S. Rosmalen, The International Legal Framework for European Activities on Board the ISS, F.G. von der Dunk, A Policy and Legal Framework for Commercial Utilisation, M. Belingheri, ESA Policy and Impending Legal Framework for Commercial Utilisation of the European Columbus Laboratory Module of the ISS, R.P. Veldhuyzen and T.L. Masson-Zwaan, The IGA and ESA: Protecting Intellectual Property Rights in the Context of ISS Activities, A.M. Balsano and J. Wheeler, Jurisdiction and Liability Issues in Carrying out Commercial Activities in the International Space Station (ISS) Programme, A. Farand, A Database from Space: The Legal Protection of Data Created or Collected in Outer Space under the 1996 European Database Directive, D.J.G. Visser, A Proposal for a Protocol to the Intergovernmental Agreement on the ISS: Private Law Matters , P.P.C. Haanappel, Disciplinary and Criminal Law in Space, T.A. de Roos, The EU Constitutional Treaty and Space: Towards EU Jurisdiction on Board a Space Station?, S. Hobe and T. Reuter, British Law and the International Space Station, F. Lyall, Legal Aspects of Commercial Utilisation of the International Space Station - a German Perspective, L.J. Smith, Italy and the Commercial Utilisation of the International Space Station, V. Iavicoli, Spanish Law and the International Space Station, J. de Faraminan Gilbert, Annexes, Index.