Contact details
- Name:
- Professor Sa'id Mosteshar
- Qualifications:
- Degrees in Physics and Econometrics; Barrister & California Attorney-at-Law
- Position/Fellowship type:
- Senior Associate Research Fellow
- Fellowship term:
- 2008
- Institute:
- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
- Home institution:
- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
- Location:
- London Institute of Space Policy and Law Charles Clore House 17 Russell Square London WC1B 5DR
- Phone:
- +44 (0) 207 402 2010
- Email address:
- sa'id.mosteshar@space-institute.org
- Website:
- http://ials.sas.ac.uk/about/staff/staff.asp?ID=103
Research Summary and Profile
- Research interests:
- Law
- Summary of research interests and expertise:
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Research Interests: International Space Law and Policy; Weapons in Space; European and US Commercial Space policy; Satellite Communication
Sa’id Mosteshar is the Director of the London Institute of Space Policy and Law and its Professor of International Space Law. A Barrister and California Attorney, he has advised governments, international agencies and major space corporations on legal and policy issues for over twenty-five years. Among his degrees he holds a bachelor’s degree in physics. Sa’id is a member of the Space Leadership Council, and of the UK delegation to the UN Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. He is a member of the International Institute of Space Law and a past Chairman of the Outer Space Law Committee of the International Bar Association. He teaches space law and policy and is a frequent speaker at international space conferences.
He has been involved in arbitrations as counsel and acted as arbitrator in two US disputes. One concerned the right to orbital and frequency assignments and the other in related to the rights to satellite-based data compression algorithms.
He has been involved in arbitrations as counsel and acted as arbitrator in two US disputes. One concerned the right to orbital and frequency assignments and the other in related to the rights to satellite-based data compression algorithms.
- Publication Details
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Related publications/articles:
Date Details 01-Aug-2015 Space and the Law, Sky at Night, BBC Publications
01-Nov-1995 Research and Invention in Outer Space - Liability and Intellectual Property Rights Editor and Contributor, Martinus Nijhoff and IBA
01-Nov-1993 European Community Telecommunications Regulation Graham & Trotman, a Kluwer Company
30-Jun-1989 Liability Issues of EDI in EDI and the Law Chapters
Intrnational laws affecting liability for damage arising in relation to Electronic Data Interchange.
01-Oct-1986 Satellite Communication Edited Book
International and some domestic laws and regulations governing intrnational satellite communication.
15-Apr-1986 Satellite and Cable Television - International Protection Edited Book
Examination of the international intellectual property rights in satellite and cable broadcasts. Other means of protecting content are also considered.
Consultancy reports:
Date Details 2012 Evidence from Space Report prepared for the European Space Agency, ESA, on the use of satellite Earth observation data and information as evidence in legal and administrative proceedings.
Government/policy work:
Date Details 1993 Conditions of Access to Earth Observation Data: Legal Aspects - United Kingdom and Irish Republic Report Commissioned by the European Commission on laws affecting Earth Observation Data in Member States, and the manner in which they may be harmonised.