Dilemmas for Planetary Defense Posed by the Current
International Law Framework

C 2019

Dilemmas for Planetary Defense Posed by the Current International Law Framework

ŠVEC, Martin and Nikola SCHMIDT

Basic information

Original name

Dilemmas for Planetary Defense Posed by the Current International Law Framework

Authors

ŠVEC, Martin (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Nikola SCHMIDT (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

1. vyd. Cham, Planetary Defense Global Collaboration for Defending Earth from Asteroids and Comets, p. 245-260, 16 pp. Space and Society, 2019

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50501 Law

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

Web nakladatele

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14220/19:00111132

Organization unit

Faculty of Law

ISBN

978-3-030-00999-1

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01000-3_16

Keywords (in Czech)

Planetární obrana Mezinárodní vesmírné právo

Keywords in English

Planetary defense International space law Asteroid

Abstract

V originále

We have not dedicated substantial space to international law in this book, however, we could not omit the topic entirely while writing about planetary defense in a multidisciplinary manner. The planetary defense endeavor is clearly dependent on more than just one aspect of knowledge. Astronomers can tell us where asteroids are, engi- neers can design machines to deflect them and political scientists can imagine the best governance structures for achieving public support, but it is international law that tells us where we stand now, and what is or is not possible to do if a threat even- tuates tomorrow. The point of international law, for example in the case of nuclear mitigation methods, is to tell us whether it is even worth studying them since, according to international treaties, we will never get the chance to test them in space. Can we use the traditional collective security measures in the case of an asteroid threat? Is the Security Council the right body to decide? Does an asteroid threat constitute a challenge to the concept of global ‘peace and security’? Should states have the right to use the provision of self-defense to legitimize unilateral action against an asteroid? Is a multilateral action necessarily legitimate if some states do not agree? These and many other dilemmas are discussed.

Citovat

ŠVEC, Martin and Nikola SCHMIDT. Dilemmas for Planetary Defense Posed by the Current International Law Framework. In Nikola Schmidt. Planetary Defense Global Collaboration for Defending Earth from Asteroids and Comets. 1st ed. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019, p. 245-260. Space and Society. ISBN 978-3-030-00999-1. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01000-3_16.

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