CURRENT ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY IN SPACE EXPLORATION

Abstract

The article deals with some issues of international legal responsibility inherent exclusively in modern space law, and having a significant impact on the legal regulation of space activities due to their features. The author shows the importance of understanding the nature and essence of such features, as well as the need to take them into account in improving modern legislation in the field of space law. Investigating the problem, the author used the methods of comparative legal and historical analysis, as well as structural and functional method. The empirical basis of this study includes Federal laws, international treaties of the Russian Federation and the legislation of foreign countries. The study concluded that such features of international legal responsibility as state responsibility for damage caused by non-state space activities participants (non-governmental legal entities) and the absence of the upper limit of compensation of damages have a significant impact on legal regulation in the field of space and space technology development.