Space Weapons: The Legal Context Author(s): Abram Chayes, Antonia Handler Chayes and Eliot Spitzer Source: Daedalus, Vol. 114, No. 3, Weapons in Space, Vol. II: Implications for Security (Summer, 1985), pp. 193-218 Published by: The MIT Press on behalf of American Academy of Arts & Sciences Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20024990 Accessed: 01-07-2015 19:26 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. The MIT Press and American Academy of Arts & Sciences are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Daedalus. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 128.91.9.178 on Wed, 01 Jul 2015 19:26:34 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Abram Chayes, Antonia Handler Chayes, Eliot Spitzer SpaceWeapons: The Legal Context SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SPACE AGE, political leaders and international lawyers have worked to establish a legal regime to govern activities in outer space. In the following three decades, a considerable, if by no means comprehensive, body of law has evolved. Elaborate conventions now regulate the placement of satellites in geostationary orbit, the allocation of frequencies for space communications, liability for space accidents, weather reporting networks, and many other specific activities in outer space.