This course is intended to examine the underlying legal principles that specifically regulate the use, exploration and exploitation of space, and to determine how these and other principles of International Law can and should be applied to the many different State and private commercial uses of outer space. Space law represents an increasingly important area of International Law and impacts on a wide range of Governmental and private commercial activities. Many activities in space affect everyday life - including telecommunications, direct satellite broadcasts, weather forecasting, agricultural planning, mapping, remote sensing, spying and other military activities, exploration and scientific experimentation. The use of space represents a multi-billion dollar industry.

Note: If taken as a 4 UOC elective, it is LAWS3291.