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Dear John Thank you very much for the very valuable information. I let you with a recent new dealing also with borders (closer to territory...). http://www.sanpedrosun.com/politics-and-government/2011/09/09/belize-recognizes-palestine-borders/ Sincerely yours Nicolas Boeglin Professor of International Law Law Faculty University of Costa Rica http://derechointernacionalcr.blogspot.com 2011/9/15 John W. Donaldson <[log in to unmask]> > Dear all,**** > > ** ** > > Once the exclusive domain of Cold War hegemons, today both sovereigns and > private organisation are contributing to ever-growing traffic into orbital > and sub-orbital airspace. It is therefore timely that a frequent contributor > to the int-boundaries list-serve, Dr. Gbenga Oduntan’s new book *Sovereignty > and Jurisdiction in Airspace and Outer Space: Legal Criteria for Spatial > Dimension* has just been published by Routledge. Although there promises > to be much of interest to members of the list-serve, in particular Gbenga > addresses the dogged issue of boundary delimitation in airspace and outer > space. Details are listed below.**** > > ** ** > > All the best,**** > > ** ** > > John**** > > ** ** > > *Sovereignty and Jurisdiction in Airspace and Outer Space: Legal Criteria > for Spatial Delimitation***** > > - A link to the *product page for the book* which you can forward to > anyone who might be interested in learning more about it: > <http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415601542/>**** > > http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415562126/**** > > **** > > - *A **library recommendation form** is available at– > http://www.routledge.com/resources/librarian_recommendation/9780415601542/ > <http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415601542/>***** > > **** > > - *A **review copy request form **is available at > http://www.routledge.com/resources/review_copy_request/9780415601542*** > ** > > **** > > Sovereignty and jurisdiction are legal doctrines of a complex nature, which > have been subject to differing interpretations by scholars in legal > literature. The tridimensionality of state territory recognised under > customary international law subsists until the present but there are other > territories that do not or cannot belong to any state or political entity > which also must be accounted for in legal theory. The issues surrounding > sovereignty and jurisdiction are likely to become ever more pressing as > globalisation, growing pressure on resources and the need for energy and > national security become acute, and the resolution of special delimitation > disputes seems likely to become a vital question in the twenty-first > century. As a result of the fast pace of technological developments in air > and space activities and the massive increases in air transportation , > satellite communications and space exploration, the need for scholars and > practitioners to sharpen their appreciation of the legal and political > issues becomes crucial.**** > > This book will focus primarily on the issues of sovereignty jurisdiction > and control in airspace and outer space and their effects on public and > private activities, but it will also look at related issues pertaining to > the Seas and Antarctica. Commercial exploitation, resource control and the > international regime regulating contractual obligations in relation to > transportation of goods and services over all forms of territory will be > examined to the extent that they are necessary to explain jurisdictional > rights and duties over territory. Older problems of international law such > as crimes in the air and airspace trespass are treated along with newer > developments such as space tourism as well as growing demand for private > ownership and involvement in outer space exploitation.**** > > The book goes on to consider the distinction between airspace and outer > space and puts forward legal criteria which would allow for the resolution > of the spatial delimitation dispute. These criteria would determine where in > spatial terms the exclusive sovereignty of airspace ends and where outer > space – the province of all mankind – begins, and contribute to the > jurisprudence of territorial sovereignty and jurisdiction. **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Dr. John W. Donaldson, Senior Research Associate**** > > International Boundaries Research Unit**** > > Department of Geography**** > > Durham University**** > > South Road**** > > Durham, DH1 3LE**** > > UNITED KINGDOM**** > > Tel: +44 (0) 191 334 1963**** > > Fax: +44 (0) 191 334 1962**** > > Web: www.dur.ac.uk/ibru**** > > ** ** >