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Space Law
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GT L&E Blog
Employment Law Beyond Earth: Emerging Trends in the Space Workforce
By Charles O. Thompson, Kalena Paredes
As commercial space activity grows, courts are applying wage-and-hour, labor, and termination laws to private space employers without special exemptions.
EJIL: Talk!
UNCOPUOS and the Quiet Transformation of Space Resources Law
By Güneş Ünüvar
Space resources have long occupied a gray zone in international space law. They are central to the future of exploration and sustained presence beyond Earth, yet they remain legally ambiguous…
EJIL: Talk!
Systemic Integration and Space Law After the Climate Advisory Opinions
This post draws on the work of the International Institute for Space Law (IISL) Working Group on Pluralistic Governance and International Space Law (Chair, Elena Cirkovic). The 2024–2025 climate advisory…
Legally Flawless
Call for Blogs for the Indian Review of Space Law (IRASL) Blog by Centre for Research in Air and Space Law (CRASL), MNLU Mumbai (Submit by 07.01.2026)
About the Indian Review of Space Law (IRASL) Blog The Indian Review of Space Law (IRASL) Blog was launched in May of 2023 with the aim of making the Indian…
Cambridge International Law Journal
Space Traffic Management in the EU Space Act: Beneficial Extraterritoriality for Regulating Foreign Commercial Actors?
By Beichen Ding
Introduction The growing number of space actors, including emerging space-faring nations and commercial enterprises, heightens the risk that national activities and interests may eventually come into conflict, potentially leading to…
Comm Law Center
Clearing Space for Launch: Trump 2.0 Proposes Regulatory Overhaul to Enhance American Leadership in Space by 2030
By Jodi A. Goldberg The Trump administration’s new Executive Order formally adopts a policy to “enhance American greatness in space.” The EO directs streamlining and reform efforts in four key…
Global Policy Watch
The European Commission announces a proposal for the first EU Space Act
On 25 June 2025, the European Commission (“EC”) announced its long-awaited proposal for a Regulation on the safety, resilience, and sustainability of space activities in the EU (the “Draft EU…
GT TechVenture Views
The EU Space Act: ‘Foreign’ Space Service Providers, Equivalence, and Registration
By Laura Cummings, Kathryne Dickerson, Paolo Esposito, Ester Latorre
The European Commission’s draft EU Space Act, published in June 2025, introduces supranational regulations for space service providers operating in the EU. This GT Alert discusses the Act’s extensive reach…
GT TechVenture Views
The EU Space Act: Scope and (European) Space Operator Authorization
By Laura Cummings, Paolo Esposito, Milton "Skip" Smith, Ester Latorre
The European Commission’s draft EU Space Act (draft Act or Act), is a proposal for supranational regulation released in June 2025. This GT Alert addresses the authorization procedures for Union…
TortsProf Blog
Perry on Liability for Space-Related Activities
Ronen Perry has posted to SSRN To Boldly Go Where No Law Has Gone Before: Liability for Space-Related Activities. The abstract provides:Recent years have witnessed an unprecedented proliferation of space-related activities,…