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| Introduction | |
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| The Concept, Substance and Subject-Matter of International Space Law | |
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| The Objective Necessity for the Comprehensive Regulation of Space Activities and the Space Regime in International Law | |
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| Specific Features of the Regulation of Space Activities and of Space Regime in International Law | |
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| The Concepts of Outer Space and Outer Space Activities | |
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| The Subjects and the Object in International Law | |
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| Defining International Space Law and Its Status in the System of Public International Law | |
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| The History of the Establishment of Space Law | |
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| The Soviet Union Gives a Lead to Framing Space Law and Instituting the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space | |
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| The First International Space Treaty | |
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| The Further Development of International Space Law | |
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| Sources of International Space Law | |
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| International Space Law: a Product of the Space Age | |
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| The International Treaty | |
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| International Custom | |
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| International Organisation and Lawmaking | |
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| The Soviet-American Agreements on Space Co-operation as a Source of International Space Law | |
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| Fundamental Principles of International Space Law | |
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| Freedom of Exploration and Use of Outer Space and Celestial Bodies | |
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| Non-Appropriation of Outer Space or Celestial Bodies | |
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| Exploration and Use of Outer Space and Celestial Bodies in Accordance with the Fundamental Principles of International Law, Including the Basic Principles of the United Nations Charter | |
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| Partial Demilitarisation of Outer Space and Total Demilitarisation | |
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| Retention by States of Sovereign Rights over Space Objects Launched | |
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| International Responsibility of States for National Activities in Space, Including Liability for Damages Caused by Space Objects | |
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| Prevention of Potentially Harmful Consequences of Experiments in Outer Space and on Celestial Bodies | |
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| Assistance to Personnel of Spacecraft in the Event of Accident, Distress, or Emergency Landing | |
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| International Co-operation in the Peaceful Exploration and Use of Outer Space and Celestial Bodies | |
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| Legal Problems of the Exploration of the Moon and the Planets | |
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| Defining the Term "Celestial Bodies" | |
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| Existing Rules of International Law as Applied to Celestial Bodies | |
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| Legal Regulation of Activities on the Moon in the Light of the Soviet Draft Treaty on the Moon | |
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| The Legal Status of Space Objects | |
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| Defining the Concept of a Space Object | |
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| Classification of Space Objects | |
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| Registration of Space Objects | |
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| International Law and the Safety of Spaceflight | |
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| The Atom and Outer Space | |
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| Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects | |
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| The Regulation of Various Aspects of Space Activities | |
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| Space Communications | |
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| Direct Television Broadcasting via Satellites | |
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| The Use of Artificial Earth Satellites for Navigation | |
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| Space Meteorology | |
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| The Exploration of the Earth's Resources by Space Facilities | |
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| Space Activities and Environmental Protection | |
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| International Co-operation Involving the USSR in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space (Legal Aspects) | |
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| Multilateral Co-operation | |
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| Intercosmos Programme | |
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| The Intersputnik International Organisation of Space Communications | |
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| Bilateral Co-operation | |
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| The Agreement Between the USSR and France | |
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| Agreements Between the USSR and the USA | |
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| Agreements Between the USSR and India | |
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| Co-operation Within the Framework of International Non-governmental Organisations | |
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| The International Committee on Space Research | |
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| The International Astronautical Federation | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Selected Soviet Bibliography on International Space Law | |
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| Subject Index | |