Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Law

The Applicability of Rules of War and Human Rights
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-67769-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: Studies in International Criminal Law

It is statistically unlikely that humans are the only intelligent species in the universe. Nothing about the others will be known until contact is made beyond a radio signal from space that merely tells us they existed when it was sent. That contact may occur tomorrow, in a hundred years, or never. If it does it will be a high-risk scenario for humanity. It may be peaceful or hostile. Relying on alien altruism and benign intentions is wishful thinking. We need to begin identifying as a planetary species, and develop a global consensus on how to respond in either scenario.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bohlander, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Bohlander, Dr. jur. (1992), Chair in Global Law and SETI Policy, Durham University. Originally an international criminal lawyer, his current research focuses on the consequences of contact with extraterrestrial intelligence for human law, particularly humanitarian and human rights law.