What does risk mean in this new "risky space business"? : : managing liability exposure for injuries to crew and passengers resulting from US commercial space activities / / by Maria-Vittoria "Giugi" Carminati.

In the only analysis of its kind, Dr. Maria-Vittoria “Giugi” Carminati asks the question: if a commercial space operator kills or injures one of its spaceflight participants or a crewmember, what is the extent of the operator’s liability? In the United States, that question has no clear answer. Dr....

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Superior document:Studies in space law ; Volume 14
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Nijhoff,, [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Studies in space law ; Volume 14.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • The Risks of Commercial Human Spaceflight
  • A Review of Liability Exposure and Ways to Manage It
  • Federal Legislation and Commercial Space
  • Federal Jurisprudence and Commercial Space
  • Federal Choice-of-Law for Disputes outside Federal Jurisdiction
  • Exculpatory Agreements in Space Friendly States
  • Express Assumption of Risk in Non-space Friendly States
  • Statutes Limiting Liability for Space Activities
  • Statutes Limiting Liability in Space Friendly States
  • Implied Assumption of Risk in Space Friendly States
  • Medical Malpractice Suits against a Commercial Space Physician and the chsf Operator by Co-employees and/or sfps
  • Conclusion
  • Back Matter
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.