Professor Michael Bohlander michael.bohlander@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Law: The Applicability of Rules of War and Human Rights
Bohlander, Michael
Authors
Abstract
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.
Citation
Bohlander, M. (2023). Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Law: The Applicability of Rules of War and Human Rights. Leiden;Boston: Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004677708
| Book Type | Authored Book |
|---|---|
| Online Publication Date | Aug 7, 2023 |
| Publication Date | Aug 7, 2023 |
| Deposit Date | Aug 11, 2023 |
| Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers |
| Series Title | Studies in International Criminal Law |
| Series Number | 5 |
| Series ISSN | 2666- 903x |
| ISBN | 9789004677692 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004677708 |
| Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1716061 |
| Additional Information | Review by Michael Uhall, 31 Jan 2024 (Limina — The Journal of UAP Studies 1(1) (2024) 55-58): https://doi.org/10.59661/001c.92685 Review by Andreas Müller, 30 Jan 2024 (Grenzwissenschaft-Aktuell): https://www.grenzwissenschaft-aktuell.de/juristisches-fachbuch-untersucht-moegliche-folgen-und-konsequenzen-eines-kontakts-mit-ausserirdischen20240130/ Review by W. L. Cheah, 21 May 2024 (Asian Journal of International Law): https://doi.org/10.1017/S2044251324000109 Review by Ketevani Gamtkitsulashvili and Bharati Manukonda, May 2024 (Principium, 45, 14-17): https://i4is.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Book-Review-Contact-with-ExtraterrestrialPrincipium45-2405171117-comp.pdf |
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