International Communications

Francis Lyall is Emeritus Professor of Public Law, University of Aberdeen. He was a Board Member of the European Centre for Space Law, and is a Director of the International Institute of Space Law. He was a member of the INTELSAT Panel of Legal Experts and was on the ITU Reform Group. Professor Lyall retired from the Chair of Public Law in 2005, but continues to be active in teaching and scholarship. His main areas of research are Space Law, International Telecommunications (especially the International Telecommunication Union and radio matters) and Church and State relations. He has published extensively on these and related areas. He is also the author of nine collections of science fiction and has published five crime novels.

Preface, Abbreviations and Acronyms, 1 Introduction: A General Survey, 2 The International Telegraph Union, 3 The International Radio Union, 4 The ITU – 1932-1992: Fusion, Reconstruction, Sclerosis, 5 The Modern ITU, 6 The Future of the ITU, 7 The Universal Postal Union: to 1964, 8 The Modern Universal Postal Union, Appendix 1: Telecommunication Technologies, Appendix 2: Restricted Postal Unions, Index