International law beyond the Earth system: orbital debris and interplanetary pollution

TY - JOUR

T1 - International law beyond the Earth system

T2 - orbital debris and interplanetary pollution

AU - Cirkovic, Elena

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author.

PY - 2022/10/1

Y1 - 2022/10/1

N2 - The ongoing environmental degradation of outer space is unpredictable and disruptive. A new understanding of the cosmic and post-anthropocentric politico-juridical space – or the ‘cosmolegal’ – might provide an alternative framework. The ‘cosmolegal’ argument responds to the ‘cosmic’ need to rethink the anthropogenic self-understanding of human-ity’s law because humanity has been approaching the ‘infinity’ of space with a legal con-sciousnesses firmly rooted in terrestrial human values. This approach needs to change due to the unknown and known consequences of the rapidly expanding human presence in outer space.

AB - The ongoing environmental degradation of outer space is unpredictable and disruptive. A new understanding of the cosmic and post-anthropocentric politico-juridical space – or the ‘cosmolegal’ – might provide an alternative framework. The ‘cosmolegal’ argument responds to the ‘cosmic’ need to rethink the anthropogenic self-understanding of human-ity’s law because humanity has been approaching the ‘infinity’ of space with a legal con-sciousnesses firmly rooted in terrestrial human values. This approach needs to change due to the unknown and known consequences of the rapidly expanding human presence in outer space.

KW - cosmolegal

KW - interplanetary contamination

KW - orbital debris

KW - outer space law

KW - post-Anthropocene

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139978534&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.4337/jhre.2022.02.01

DO - 10.4337/jhre.2022.02.01

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85139978534

SN - 1759-7188

VL - 13

SP - 324

EP - 348

JO - Journal of Human Rights and the Environment

JF - Journal of Human Rights and the Environment

IS - 2

ER -