Publications | Thomas Cheney

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Dr Thomas Cheney

Lecturer in Space Governance

Using legal geography and environmental humanities to better understanding space resources, space exploration, space settlement and more!

Book Chapters

Thomas Cheney, ‘Universe Exploration and Colonisation’ in Yanal Abul Failat (ed) Outer Space Law: Legal Policy and Practice (2nd edn., Globe, 2022)

Thomas Cheney and Christopher Newman, ‘Managing the Resource Revolution: Space Law and Risk in the New Space Age’ in Newman, C.J. & Wilman, R.J. (eds) Frontiers of Space Risk: Natural Cosmic Hazards & Societal Challenges (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

Journal Articles

Christopher Newman and Thomas Cheney (2023) 'Barriers and Gateways to Cleaning Up Earth Orbit: The Legal, Economic, and Political Dimensions of Debris Remediation' 48 Air and Space Law 113

Alessandra Marino and Thomas Cheney 'Centering Environmentalism in Space Governance: Interrogating Dominance and Authority Through a Critical Legal Geography of Outer Space' (2022) Space Policy

Thomas Cheney, Chris Newman, Karen Olsson-Francis, Scott Steele, Victoria Pearson, and Simon Lee (2020) Planetary Protection in the New Space Era: Science and Governance. Front. Astron. Space Sci. 7:589817. doi: 10.3389/fspas.2020.589817

Thomas Cheney 'There's No Rush: Developing a Legal Framework for Space Resource Activities' (2019) 43 J. Space L. 106

Thomas Cheney, 'Developing and Adapting Space Law to Govern Long Term and Permanent Human Settlement of Outer Space, the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies' 61 Proc. Int'l Inst. Space L. 959 (2018)

Other

Thomas Cheney, ‘Time for an ASAT Test Ban Treaty’ in Arms Control Idol: Ideas for the Future of Strategic Cooperation and Community (Kings College London Centre for Science and Security Studies 2021)

Thomas Cheney, A Primer on Space Mining Law: Understanding the Law(s) on Space Resources Five Years After Title IV (Centre for a Spacefaring Civilization 2020)

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