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527.0. "No swedish astronauts without permission" by ITHIL::CHAD (Hi) Fri Nov 27 1992 08:02
Article 15365 of soc.culture.nordic:
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From: [email protected] (Anders Andersson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
Subject: Law (was: President Clinton!)
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: 24 Nov 92 02:29:07 GMT
References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
Organization: Uppsala University, Sweden
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Chad Leigh) writes:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Lars-Henrik Eriksson) writes:
> >since it was done outside the US it was not illegal according to US
> >law, since US law does not apply outside the US!
> Not exactly true. Airline flights serving US cities must follow
> US law, even at the foreign departure airport.
Maybe this is due to the special legal status of international
airports being semi-international territories?
As another example, Swedish law forbids Swedish citizens to engage
in space-faring activities abroad (as well as in Sweden) without
explicit permission from the Swedish government. I wonder how far
they will go to enforce this law in case they suspect violation...
--
Anders Andersson, Dept. of Computer Systems, Uppsala University
Paper Mail: Box 325, S-751 05 UPPSALA, Sweden
Phone: +46 18 183170 EMail: [email protected]
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