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In the news
- Long arm of the law: Uncharted territory of space needs steadying hand of law, says Adelaide Uni Dean, The Australian (online), 27 July 2019
- Space Law: A Final Frontier, Fraught With Risk, Shaun Waterman, Air Force Magazine, 10 May 2018
- Star Wars: Laws on conflict in space to be set out in Woomera Manual, led by University of Adelaide, The Advertiser, 10 April 2018, Tory Shepherd, State Editor
- The law of the worlds: how will outer space be regulated?, Legal Horizons, The Guardian, 2018, Abigail Beall
News
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Oct
RUMLAE Director Presents on The Woomera Manual at American Branch ILA Conf in NYC.
RUMLAE Director, Prof Dale Stephens was recently invited to present on Space Law and The Woomera Manual at the annual American Branch of the International Law Association Conference held at Fordham University in New York City from Oct 10-12, 2019. The title of the Conference was ‘The Resilience of International Law’ and Prof Stephens panel …
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Oct
This past week RUMLAE Director Prof Dale Stephens attended the Annual RAF Legal Conference at RAF Halton, UK. The theme of the conference was multi domain operations and space and cyber operations figured strongly on the agenda. Prof Stephens was invited to speak to the issues of Space Law and Military Operations as well as …
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Aug
Third Woomera Manual Plenary meeting in the Hague
The third working group meeting for the Woomera Manual project was held in the Hague between 5 & 9 August 2019. The working group meeting was held in the Hague at the invitation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, hosted by the Ministry of Defence through the Royal Netherlands Air Force. Representatives of the founding …
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Aug
On 13 August, Adelaide Law School’s / RUMLAE’s Associate Professor Matthew Stubbs spoke at the Raising the Bar event on the topic ‘Laws for the Final Frontier’. Addressing a sizeable crowd at the Little Bang Brewing Co in Stepney, Matthew spoke about some key contemporary challenges in international space law, and the key threats to …
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Aug
RUMLAE/Australian Red Cross Panel discussion on the 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
On Thursday 15 August, RUMLAE, in conjunction with The Australian Red Cross, hosted a panel discussion on the Geneva Conventions in celebration of their 70th Anniversary. The event, held in Napier Lecture Theatre, attracted a large crowd and canvassed the history of the Geneva Conventions, the successes and failures of their normative impact and the future …
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Aug
Adelaide Law School’s/RUMLAE’s Associate Professor Matthew Stubbs spoke at the National Archives of Australia’s annual Constitution Day symposium on the topic ‘The Constitution in Space’ at Questacon: The National Science and Technology Centre in Canberra on 9 July 2019. Matthew spoke about how the Australian Constitution has facilitated Australian space activities, about some contemporary space …