Res Communis

National Center for Remote Sensing Air and Space Law
Lots of new back issues of the Journal of Space Law are available to download including vols. 25- 30.

The finding aid for Box 13 of the Andrew G. Haley Collection is now available. Box 13 includes the following files:

13.1: IAF-IISL – I Coll. : The Hague 1958
13.2: IAF-IISL – I Coll. : The Hague 1958 II
13.3: IAF-IISL – II Coll. : London 1959
13.4: IAF-IISL – II Coll. : London 1959 II

Articles
Victoria Samson, Space debris – a growing concern, Nieman Watchdog

Issues in Aviation Law and Policy Volume 8, Number 2:

* Brian F. Havel, Commentary, In Praise of Law’s Cosmos: Reflections on the Entreprenurial Spirit in Aviation Law and Policy
* Pablo M. J. Mendes de Leon, A Tour d’Horizon of Contemporary Issues in Air and Space Law
* Martin Staniland, Air Transport and the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme: Issues and Arguments
* Vincent J. Power, Ryanair v. European Commission: The European Court of First Instance’s Judgment on Alleged State Aid at Charleroi Airport
* Robbert van der Vliet, Europe’s Take on Interlining – I: Multilateral Interlining and EU Competition Law
* David E. Rapoport & Michael L. Teich, The Pre-Abdullah Consensus that Federal Law Does Not Preempt the Field of Aviation Safety in Tort Cases Should Remain the Law
* Joseph Z. Fleming, The Application of U.S. Labor and Employment Laws to Airlines: Regulating the Global Labor and Employment Affairs of Airlines in a World That is Flat

Publications
House Committee on Science and Technology Newsletter

SatMag (May 2009)

reports
ESPI – The Need for Timeous Completion of the Preliminary Draft Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on Matters Specific to Space Assets

Global Positioning System: Significant Challenges in Sustaining and Upgrading Widely Used Capabilities. GAO-09-325, April 30

News
Space-Law Pioneer Eilene Galloway Dead at 102 – Aviation Week

Blogs
Eilene Galloway, “Grand Matriarch of Space Law,” passes away at 103 – Secure World Foundation

Farewell to Eilene Galloway, Space Law Leader – Matt’s Sci/Tech Blog

Dr. Eilene Galloway Passes Away Just Shy of her 103rd Birthday – NASA Watch

Is “Radical Sanity” Coming to NASA? - Jeff Krukin

Eilene Galloway, RIP – Space Politics

ITAR confusion – Space Politics

The U-2 Incident in Google Earth – Google Earth Blog

Gottemoeller on START 2.0 – PONI Debates the Issues

Eilene Galloway, 102 – Lunar Networks

What’s Next in National Security Army Gave No-Bid Karzai Copter Contract to Slovak Ambulance Firm – Danger Room

Infighting and Space Florida Controversy Mark Legistative Session – NASA Watch

Michael Krepon, Co-Founder of the Henry L. Stimson Center, presents on space security – Michael Krepon

White House to review NASA’s moonshot program – The Flame Trench

Updates from Louis Friedman about Lincoln Conference on NEO Policy and Bruce Betts on IAA Planetary Defense Conference – Planetary Defense

EC/Canada Agreement Q&A Up Online – Aviation Law Prof Blog

UK Transport Secretary Hoon on U.S./EC Aviation Relations – Aviation Law Prof Blog

New Jersey Man Arrested on ITAR Brokering Charges – Export Law Blog

Sovereignty on the Moon? – Arms Control Wonk

Missile defense ban through the back door – Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces

Presentations from “Near Earth Objects: Risks and Opportunities” now online – Secure World Foundation

Federal Government Will Use Eminent Domain to Take 500 Acres of Property for Flight 93 September 11 Memorial – The Volokh Conspiracy

Augustine and Griffin from the archives – Space Politics

Gbenga Oduntan: Tempest in a tin can – but space Law does exist – CeCIL

Gbenga Oduntan: Groundbreaking Accords in the Air: Brazil and Columbia – CeCIL

(Space) Insurers Are My Heroes – Arms Control Wonk

Centennial Challenges in FY 2010 Budget Proposal – Space Prizes

New Missile Defense Budget plans – Missile Monitor

GPS Continuity Questioned – Spatial Sustain

Shooting the Messenger (or not) – Arms Control Wonk

The Nature of Private Enterprise in Space: What I learned from space lawyer Jim Dunstan, CMC ‘80 – Claremont Independent