Journal of Space Law Vol. 36, No. 2 Now Available

May 2, 2011 at 12:59 pm | Posted in Journal of Space Law | Leave a comment

by Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz with the blog faculty

This volume of the JOURNAL OF SPACE LAW contains most of the papers presented at the Earth Observation, Environment, Space, and Remote Sensing Law in the Pacific Rim: Meeting and Live Blogcast (Meeting) hosted by the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law (Center) and held in Hawaii, U.S., on June 16 – 18, 2010.

The purpose of the Meeting was to build upon the success of the first Pacific Rim National Space Law Summit (Summit) hosted by the Center in 2009. The 2009 meeting focused on the national space laws of Pacific Rim nations.  The 2010 meeting addressed the law of Earth Observation, the environment and related topics of various Pacific Rim nations. Like the first event, this meeting also provided a forum for an in-depth experience in which the participants had the opportunity to learn from one another and to discuss, in detail, remote sensing and related law and their developing features in the Pacific Rim. As with the original Summit experts from Australia, China, Hong Kong, (special administrative region of China), Japan, Korea (South), the United States of America and, the United Nations participated. New to this year’s gathering were scholars from the Group on Earth Observations, Colombia, and Mexico. The private bar was represented as well this year with practitioners from the Hawaiian, U.S. and Sydney, Australia bar. Also new this year was an interdisciplinary paper addressing both science and law.

Foreword. –  Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz

Articles

Japanese Law and Regulations Concerning Remote Sensing Activities – Setsuko Aoki

What Lawyers Need to Know About Science to Effectively Make and Address Laws for Remote Sensing and

Environmental Monitoring – Fermín Romero Vázquez and Sergio Camacho Lara

Sensing a Change? The Re-Launch of Australia’s Space Policy and Some Possible Legal Implications –  Steven Freeland

Remote Sensing Issues as They Relate to Korea. –  Jae Gon Lee

Remote Sensing Data Distribution and Application in the Environmental Protection, Disaster Prevention, and Urban Planning in China – Yan Ling

Legal Aspects of Reducing Green House Gases Emitted by Aircraft Registered in Korea: A Ripple Effect of EU Initiatives –

Won-hwa Park

The Moon Agreement in the 21st Century: Addressing its Potential Role in the Era of Commercial Exploitation

of the Natural Resources of the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies – Fabio Tronchetti

Regulation of Remote Sensing Activities in Hong Kong: Privacy, Access, Security, Copyright, and the Case of Google – Yun Zhao

Commentaries Environmental Monitoring Cooperation Paves the Way for Common Rules on Remote Sensing

Activities Among the Pacific Rim –  Ikuko Kuriyama

Earth Observation, the Environment, Space, and Remote Sensing Law in the Pacific Rim:

Meeting and Live Blogcast Presented by the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air,

and Space Law (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, June 16-18, 2010) Reviewer’s Comments – Masami Onoda