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Chapter 1
The Age of Leadership



1-1 Domestic Legal Policy Texts and Legal Texts

1-1-1 Legal Policy Texts
(1) PROPOSITIONS DU GOUVERNEMENT SO VIETIQUE SUR L'INTERDICTION DE L'UTILISATION DE L'ESPACE A DES FINS MILITAIRES, LA SUPPRESSION DES BASES MILITAIRES ETRANGERES EN TERRITOIRE D'AUTRES PAYS ET LA COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE EN MATIERE D'EXPLORATION DE L'ESPACE1 15 mars 1958 (Doc. A/3818)
(2) WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Statement by Ambassador Goldberg, Negotiator of the Space Treaty, at the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations at the 1st session of the 90th Congress, 1967
(3) The Statement of the Minister of State concerning the meaning of the term "peace" in the (principal session of the House of Representatives of 13 July 1969)
(4) The Diet concerning Space Exploitation and Use
(5) The Diet Decision annexed to the NASDA Law

1-1-2 Legal Texts
(1) UNITED STATES v. CORDOVA (U.S. District Court E.D. New York, 1950. 89 F. Supp. 298)
(2) NASA ACT (Revised after the Enactment of 1958)
(3) NASA Regulation
(4) LOI FRANÇAISE N° 61-1382 DU 19 DECEMBER 1961 (1) INSTITUANT UN CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES (C.N.E.S.)
(5) COMSAT ACT(Public Law 87-624, the 87th Congress, Proclaimed on August 31,1962)
(6) Implantation of the United States Flag on the Moon or Planets (PL.91-119, 18th November, 1969, 83 Stat.202)
(7) RAYMOND PHIL SMITH AND THELMA SUE SMITH, Plaintiffs and appellants v. LOCKHEED PROPULSION COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant and Respondent (Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Div. 2, Jan. 17, 1967. Hearing denied March 15, 1967. OPINION Tamura, Justice)
(8) The Law establishing the Space Activities Commission(SAC)
(9) The Decree concerning the Space Activities Commission(SAC)
(10) NASDA Law
(11) The Decree concerning the NASDA
(12) COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 AS AMENDED (47 U.S.C.§ 214, et seq. (1982))

1-2 International Legal Policy Texts and Legal Texts

1-2-1 Legal Policy Texts
(1) Resolution 1472 Adopted by the UN General Assembly-"International Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space" (Adopted on December 12, 1959, the UN General Assembly 14st Session) 
(2) Principles adopted by the General Assembly Declaration of Legal Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space(Adopted on December 13, 1963, Resolution1962 by the UN General Assembly 18th Session)

1-2-2 Legal Texts
(1) CHICAGO CONVENTION(Adopted on July 12, 1944, Enacted on April 4, 1947, Revised in 1974 and 1984)
(2) THE ANTARCTIC TREATY(1959)
(3) CONVENTION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF SPACE VEHICLE LAUNCHERS. (March 29, 1962)
(4) CONVENTION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A EUROPEAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION. (June 14, 1962)
(5) TREATY ON PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF STATES IN THE EXPLORATION AND USE OF OUTER SPACE, INCLUDING THE MOON AND OTHER CELESTIAL BODIES(Adopted on December 13, 1966, Resolution 2222 by the UN General Assembly 21st Session, Proclaimed October 10, 1967)
(6) ACCORD ENTRE LA FRANCE ET LA RÉPUBLIQUE FÉDÉRALE ALLEMANDE POUR LE PROJET SYMPHONIE(Signed June 6, 1967, Proclaimed on November 10, 1967)
(7) AGREEMENT ON THE RESCUE OF ASTRONAUTS, THE RETURN OF ASTRONAUTS AND THE RETURN OF OBJECTS LAUNCHED INTO OUTER SPACE(Adopted on December 12, 1967, Resolution 2345 by the UN General Assembly 22st Session, Proclaimed December 3, 1968)
(8) The exchange of notes in concerning the Cooperation Space Exploitation between USA and Japan of 1969(Proclaimed July 31, 1969)
(9) International Telecommunication Convention(Revised on November 6,1982, Enacted on January 1, 1984)
(10) Launching of NASA Satellites from San Marco Range Agreement effected by exchange of notes Signed at Rome April 30 and June 12, 1969; Entered into force June 12, 1969. 20 UST 4119; TIAS 6809; 732 UNTS 3.(Signed at Rome April 30 and June 12, 1969; Entered into force June 12, 1969. 20 UST 4119; TIAS 6809; 732 UNTS 3.)

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