The Cape Town Convention : : its application to space assets and relation to the law of outer space / / by Mark J. Sundahl.

• Superior document: Studies in space law, volume 8
• Author: Sundahl, Mark J.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden [Netherlands] : : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in space law ; 8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The UNIDROIT Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment created a new international regime of secured finance applicable to aircraft and rolling stock that facilitates the financing of this equipment by, among other things, enabling lenders to create a readily enforceable security interest in the equipment. The Space Assets Protocol extends the benefits of the convention to satellites and other space assets. This book explains the operation of the convention in a manner that is useful both to lawyers engaged in satellite finance as well as to academics who desire to obtain a more complete understanding of this treaty. The book also explores the relationship between the convention and the existing body of space law.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Operation of the Convention and the Space Assets Protocol -- The Relation of the Convention to the Law of Outer Space -- Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment -- Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Space Assets -- Bibliography -- Index.