Note By: Justin Potter

In this Note, Justin Potter analyzes potential conflict the United States faces with its international obligations under the UN Outer Space Treaty and its domestic law. Potter argues that there are ambiguities and gaps surrounding the principle of freedom in the Outer Space Treaty, and now is the time for those gaps to be filled. Potter contends that clear modern space law requires more than Cold War treaties to ensure both “peaceful” and “economic” purposes in space and proposes for states to renegotiate or the United States to continue its support of multilateral agreements.

A Space Age Stuck in the Past: Should Cold War Treaties Dictate Modern Space Law?

Note By: Justin Potter

In this Note, Justin Potter analyzes potential conflict the United States faces with its international obligations under the UN Outer Space Treaty and its domestic law. Potter argues that there are ambiguities and gaps surrounding the principle of freedom in the Outer Space Treaty, and now is the time for those gaps to be filled. Potter contends that clear modern space law requires more than Cold War treaties to ensure both “peaceful” and “economic” purposes in space and proposes for states to renegotiate or the United States to continue its support of multilateral agreements.

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