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Space Law and the Fourth Dimension of Our Age

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First Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space
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A striking parallel may be drawn between the physical world in which we move and the philosophical world which guides our affairs.

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Keating, K.B. (1959). Space Law and the Fourth Dimension of Our Age. In: Haley, A.G., Heinrich, W. (eds) First Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4414-5_17

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