Disagreement Reduced to Writing: Rethinking the Law of Treaties ForewordChapter I. Messiness in the law of treaties A. Introduction B. Putting the ILC to work, again C. Some further messiness D. The coverage of the law of treaties E. Causes of messiness F. Responses to messiness G.
Three fundamental problems H. Final remarksChapter II. Toward the archetype A. Introduction B. An overworked instrument C. Treaty conflict D. The interim obligation E. Objective regimes F.
Final remarksChapter III. The limited archetype of the VCLT A. Introduction B. Toward the archetype: The first circle C. The second circle D. The third circle E. The fourth circle: Integral treaties F. The fifth circle: The constitution G.
Circle zero: "Unilateral agreement" H. Final remarksChapter IV. The circumvention of disagreement A. Introduction B. Escaping binding force: Reservations C. Rewriting binding force: Interpretation D. Ending binding force: Termination and withdrawal E. Avoiding binding force: The (ostensibly) non-legally binding agreement F.
Redirecting binding force: Framing and reframing G. Final remarksChapter V. Conclusions: Rethinking the Vienna Convention? A. Introduction B. Some conclusions C. The invisible college D. What then? E. Final remarksBibliographyCasesInternational tribunalsDomestic jurisdictions Perspectives for Space Law in the Twenty-First Century IntroductionPart A.
Development of general international lawChapter I. International law as a law of coexistenceChapter II. International law as a law of cooperationChapter III. International law in the era of globalisationPart. B. Space lawChapter IV. One century of development of space technology (1923-2024) Chapter V. Development of space law 1.
The five space treaties 2. Resolutions of the UN General Assembly 3. End of space lawmaking around 2000Chapter VI. A new space era in the twenty-first century? 1. Space transportation 2. Micro-launchers 3. Large constellations (infrastructures) of satellites 4. Suborbital or non-orbital space activities 5.
Spaceports 6. Space stations 7. Mining on celestial bodies (space resource activities) 8. Living on celestial bodies (space settlement) Chapter VII. A new space law? 1. Legal requirements for new space activities 2. Analysis of existing space legislation in light of new space activities 3. Key requirements for revised or new space legislation compared to existing space law Summary 4.
Can such changes be implemented? Methods of space lawmakingPart C. Changes to outer space legislation - possible solutionsChapter VIII. Charges for using outer space 1. The use of outer space costs money 2. Clarification of the legal status of space resource activities: A new law according to Article 11 (5) of the Moon Agreement? 3. Intermediate resultChapter IX. Space traffic management 1. What is space traffic management? 2.
Elements of STM 3. STM and space law: Final remarksChapter X. An international fund for space debris remediation Conclusion Space law in the era of globalisationBibliography.