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The importance of space lawyers

Frans von der Dunk · TED

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Who's liable if a passenger is injured on the first spacecraft to take tourists off-planet? For that matter, what's the legal definition of a spacecraft? Professor of space law Frans von der Dunk deploys lawyer jokes and policy critiques to illustrate how the world is woefully unprepared for the legal implications of space travel.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxVienna
Speaker
Frans von der Dunk
Year
2016
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Astronomy and space, Law
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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