International Space Law as the Transiting Path to Cosmopolitan Order

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11230/22:10443234

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-86555-9_5" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-86555-9_5</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86555-9_5" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-030-86555-9_5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

International Space Law as the Transiting Path to Cosmopolitan Order

Original language description

The chapter is divided into two parts. In the first part, we introduce some key ideas from cosmopolitan thought with a focus on the distinction between weak and strong moral cosmopolitanisms and the misunderstanding of the “world state” concept in Kant’s writing influencing the debate about the substance and objectives of legal cosmopolitanism. Based on such a reading, we create a solid basis for the concept of a responsible cosmopolitan state existing in a political reality of a world of nation states, to argue, in the second part, that the cosmopolitanization of space politics has been happening for decades. The second part of the chapter explores the centrifugal and centripetal forces affecting the cosmopolitanization of both national and international law. We are particularly focused on the successful examples of cosmopolitanization as well as barriers preventing legal frameworks from fully incorporating cosmopolitan ideas. Our analysis reveals that areas where states are prevented from exercising state sovereignty are uniquely positioned to materialize cosmopolitan ideals. These areas include the high seas, the deep seabed, and outer space. Since the principle of non-appropriation excludes territorial sovereignty, these areas are open for access and use to all. The third part aims to search for cosmopolitan ideas enshrined in international space law, particularly in the Outer Space Treaty and the Moon Agreement. Our analysis of international space law reveals that cosmopolitan ideals are already deeply rooted in international space law. Its characteristics such as the requirement that space activities be carried out for the benefit and in the interest of all countries, the principle of due regard, astronauts being granted the status of “envoys of mankind,” or the concept of the common heritage of mankind pave the road for the future cosmopolitan order.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

<a href="/en/project/TL01000181" target="_blank" >TL01000181: A multidisciplinary analysis of planetary defense from asteroids as the key national policy ensuring further flourishing and prosperity of humankind both on Earth and in Space</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Governance of Emerging Space Challenges : The Benefits of a Responsible Cosmopolitan State Policy

ISBN

978-3-030-86554-2

Number of pages of the result

27

Pages from-to

65-91

Number of pages of the book

272

Publisher name

Springer

Place of publication

Cham

UT code for WoS chapter

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