吴晓丹

• 1:中央财经大学法学院

摘要(Abstract)：

1979年《月球协定》之后再无外空条约,但外空法律秩序演进并没有停滞不前。外空活动迅猛发展背景下，国际组织、国家和非国家实体等渐次推动国内立法、软法和其他非正式规范的展开，外空规范由此发展成庞大的复杂体系，内容边界、适用范围和演进路径都超出甚至背离外空条约体系。因此，有必要以自由、和平与公平发展等基本价值解读外空法律秩序的演进特点、整体影响与深层原因，识别和审视此间蕴涵的结构性、根本性变革。为落实中国航天强国发展目标，整体与动态研究方法对于外空法律秩序的守正创新至关重要，亦能为建构具有中国主体意识的国际法学理论供给智慧。

关键词(KeyWords)： 外空法律秩序;外空法行为主体;外空条约体系;外空软法;外空国内立法;外空非正式规范

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基金项目(Foundation): 国家社科基金项目“人类命运共同体理念下开发外空资源国际法制度研究”（19BFX206）的阶段性成果

作者(Author): 吴晓丹

DOI: 10.13871/j.cnki.whuilr.2026.01.003

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