First Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space : the Hague 1958 : proceedings

## Foreword It is expected that the Second Colloquium, which will be held in London at Lincoln's Inn (of hallowed fame) on September 4, 1959, will develop ideas and legal formulations also of outstanding merit and interest. We take this opportunity to express our appreciation and thanks to Mrs. BEN SANDERS for having made local arrangements in The Hague; to Dr. and Mrs. J. M. J. Kooy and Mrs. A. F. P. VOLTEN for their great and continuing efforts on behalf of the Colloquium; to Springer-Verlag for its efforts in arranging for the publication of these Proceedings; and to all those good and serious participants who actually were the "substance" of the Colloquium. Front Matter ....Pages I-V Introduction A Light from the Past to Show Up the Legal Problems of Our Age of Space (W. von Rauchhaupt)....Pages 1-4 Space Age Presents Immediate Legal Problems (Andrew G. Haley)....Pages 5-27 Problems in Establishing a Legal Boundary between Air Space and Space (Welf Heinrich)....Pages 28-30 Contribution (V. Alessandrone-Gambardella)....Pages 31-32 A Contribution to the Problem of Space Law Establishing a Technical and Practical Limit to Political Sovereignty in Space (Luiz de Gonzaga Bevilacqua)....Pages 33-33 Principles for a Declaration with Reference to the Legal Nature of the Moon (Aldo Armando Cocca)....Pages 34-37 The Problem of a Definition of “Air Space” (John Cobb Cooper)....Pages 38-44 An American View of Jurisdiction in Outer Space (George J. Feldman)....Pages 45-50 A Definitive Study of the Concept and Scientific Strategy of Outer Space. The Challenge to all Nations to Support a Just System of Space Law (James G. Fulton)....Pages 51-58 The Community of Law and Science (Eilene Galloway)....Pages 59-62 Contribution (Kenneth W. Gatland)....Pages 63-65 Contribution (F. Gerlach)....Pages 66-68 On the Threshold of Space: Toward a Cosmic Law Problems of the Upward Extent of Sovereignty (Stephen Gorove)....Pages 69-76 Technical Proposals (Donald L. Herr)....Pages 77-78 Comments (Robert Homburg)....Pages 79-81 Definition of Air Space (Robert Jastrow)....Pages 82-82 Space Law and the Fourth Dimension of Our Age (Kenneth B. Keating)....Pages 83-90 Observations (Eugène Pépin)....Pages 91-92 The Internationalization of Outer Space and the Unification of World Astronautical Strategy; the Ecumenical Nature of Astronautics (Flavio A. Pereira)....Pages 93-95 The Hellenic Contribution in Astronautics (S. Plakidis)....Pages 96-96 Design for a Law of Space (Jean Rivoire)....Pages 97-102 The Responsibility of States for the Damage Caused by Launched Space-Bodies (I. H. Ph. de Rode-Verschoor)....Pages 103-104 The Need for a New System of Norms for Space Law and the Danger of Conflict with the Terms of the Chicago Convention (M. Smirnoff)....Pages 105-109 Definitions and Subdivisions of Space Bioastronautical Aspect (Hubertus Strughold)....Pages 110-113 Remarks (Björn Tuneld)....Pages 114-114 Remarks (Olgierd Wołczek)....Pages 115-115 A Code for a New Frontier (Philip B. Yeager)....Pages 116-121 Back Matter ....Pages 122-127