The Woomera Manual on the Inteational Law of Military Space Operations

by: Jack Beard (Author),Dale Stephens(Author)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2024/5/1

Language: English

Print Length: 480 pages

ISBN-10: 0192870661

ISBN-13: 9780192870667

Book Description

Military uses in space are rapidly changing and expanding, challenging both states and non-govemental agencies in identifying and applying the goveing rules. In the midst of these challenges, states, policymakers, and practitioners must engage with new, real circumstances in space, not merely hypothetical threats or problems. As a contribution to the understudied but crucial field, The Woomera Manual on the Inteational Law of Military Space Activities and Operations is interdisciplinary in nature– drawing on space law, national security law, technology, inteational law, and diplomacy.Thus, The Woomera Manual serves as the first comprehensive examination of the field. In it, all three phases of military space interactions are analyzed (during times of peace, tension or crisis, and armed conflict), with relevance to both the public and private space sectors. Utilizing meticulous research and focusing particularly on state practice, it explores the interaction of different legal regimes, including space law, the UN Charter, other treaty-based regimes, as well as inteational humanitarian law. Through an extensive consultation process with state and NGO representatives from across the globe, The Woomera Manual serves as a practical and reliable resource in the emerging field of space law. This book is a critical resource for any entity navigating the increasingly consequential subject of space operations by providing an outline for more predictable and peaceful cooperation.

About the Author

Military uses in space are rapidly changing and expanding, challenging both states and non-govemental agencies in identifying and applying the goveing rules. In the midst of these challenges, states, policymakers, and practitioners must engage with new, real circumstances in space, not merely hypothetical threats or problems. As a contribution to the understudied but crucial field, The Woomera Manual on the Inteational Law of Military Space Activities and Operations is interdisciplinary in nature– drawing on space law, national security law, technology, inteational law, and diplomacy.Thus, The Woomera Manual serves as the first comprehensive examination of the field. In it, all three phases of military space interactions are analyzed (during times of peace, tension or crisis, and armed conflict), with relevance to both the public and private space sectors. Utilizing meticulous research and focusing particularly on state practice, it explores the interaction of different legal regimes, including space law, the UN Charter, other treaty-based regimes, as well as inteational humanitarian law. Through an extensive consultation process with state and NGO representatives from across the globe, The Woomera Manual serves as a practical and reliable resource in the emerging field of space law. This book is a critical resource for any entity navigating the increasingly consequential subject of space operations by providing an outline for more predictable and peaceful cooperation.