The first Manfred Lachs Moot Court Competition was held in 1992. Participation in the Competition has steadily increased over the years, and now sees a large number of teams from leading law schools in each of the regions. Currently, around 60 teams register each year to participate in the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition and numbers continue to grow. The winners of each region gather for the world finals in September or October, held in conjunction with the International Astronautical Congress and the IISL Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space. The winner of the World Final is presented with the Manfred Lachs Trophy. In addition to the Trophy, awards are also given at the world finals for the best memorials and the best oralist.
Nov 03
1999 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition The 1999 world final was a special one as it was held in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace in The Hague, thanks to the arrangements made by Judge Vereshchetin and the Institute of Air and Space Law at the University of Leiden. The …
Oct 17
1998 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition Monash University, Australia, hosted the first world final to be held in the Southern Hemisphere on 1 October 1998 in the Supreme Court of Victoria. The 1998 problem, Case Concerning the Commercial Exploitation of the Moon: The Rover Games Project (Freedom v Bravatia), was written by Dr …
Oct 04
1997 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition The University of Turin, Italy, hosted the world final on 9 October 1997. For the first time, awards were presented at the world finals for the best memorial, donated by Prof. Stephen Gorove, and for the best oralists, donated by the Law Offices of Sterns and Tennen. …
Nov 15
1996 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition The University of Beijing, People’s Republic of China, hosted the world final on 10 October 1996. The 1996 problem, Case Concerning Liability for Commercial Space Endeavours (Parlivia v Californium), was written by Dr. Pamela Meredith (United States). Winner University of Helsinki (Finland) Satu Heikkila and Anna Markkanen …
Oct 18
1995 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition The University of Oslo, Norway, hosted the world final on 5 October 1995. The 1995 problem, Case Concerning the Use of the Geostationary Orbit for Satellite Television Broadcasting (Agrethia v Pathron), , was written by Dr. Said Mosteshar (United Kingdom). Winner University of North Carolina (United States) …
Nov 23
1994 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, hosted the world final in its Senate Hall on 13 October 1994. The 1994 problem, Case Concerning the Use of a Space Station (Alpha v Gamma), , was written by Dr. John Gantt (United States). The problem dealt with intellectual property …
Oct 21
1993 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition After Judge Manfred Lachs, President of the IISL, passed away in January, it was decided that the competition would be named in his honour and memory. For the first time, European law schools were invited to participate, with the University of Rome (Italy) and the University of …
Sep 02
The inaugural competition was organised by the Association of U.S. Members of the IISL and three law schools in the Washington area were invited to participate. The final was held on 2 September 1992 at Georgetown University. The 1992 final was unique in that both teams were from George Washington University. The 1992 problem, Case …
Jan 12
The 34th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space took place in Montreal, Canada between 5-12 October 1991. Report of the 34th IISL Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space 1991 To purchase the bound proceedings for the Colloquia on the Law of Outer Space from 1992 to 2010, please click here to view a …
