Legal Aspects of Commercial Utilisation of the International Space Station – a German Perspective

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Legal Aspects of Commercial Utilisation of the International Space Station – a German Perspective. / Smith, Lesley Jane.
The International Space Station: Commercial Utilisation from a European Legal Perspective. ed. / Marcel M.T.A. Brus; Frans G. von der Dunk. 1. ed. Leiden: Nijhoff Publishers, 2006. p. 153-179 (Studies in Space Law; Vol. 1).

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Harvard

Smith, LJ 2006, Legal Aspects of Commercial Utilisation of the International Space Station – a German Perspective. in MMTA Brus & FG von der Dunk (eds), The International Space Station: Commercial Utilisation from a European Legal Perspective. 1. edn, Studies in Space Law, vol. 1, Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, pp. 153-179. https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004152564.i-267.91

APA

Smith, L. J. (2006). Legal Aspects of Commercial Utilisation of the International Space Station – a German Perspective. In M. M. T. A. Brus, & F. G. von der Dunk (Eds.), The International Space Station: Commercial Utilisation from a European Legal Perspective (1. ed., pp. 153-179). (Studies in Space Law; Vol. 1). Nijhoff Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004152564.i-267.91

Vancouver

Smith LJ. Legal Aspects of Commercial Utilisation of the International Space Station – a German Perspective. In Brus MMTA, von der Dunk FG, editors, The International Space Station: Commercial Utilisation from a European Legal Perspective. 1. ed. Leiden: Nijhoff Publishers. 2006. p. 153-179. (Studies in Space Law). doi: 10.1163/ej.9789004152564.i-267.91

Bibtex

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