Who owns the moon?: extraterrestrial aspects of land and mineral resources ownership

This work investigates the permissibility and viability of property rights onthe celestial bodies, particularly the extraterrestrial aspects of land and mineral resources ownership. In lay terms, it aims to find an answer to the question ‘Who owns the Moon?’ The first chapter critically analyses and dismantles with legal arguments the issue of sale of extraterrestrial real estate, after having perused some of the trivial claims of celestial bodies ownership. Theonly consequence these claims have on the plane of space law is to highlight the need for a better regulation of extraterrestrial landed property rights. Next, the work addresses the apparent silence of the law in the field of extraterrestrial landed property, scrutinizing whether the factual situation on the extraterrestrial realms calls for legal regulations. Written by a specialist in the field Investigates the permissibility and viability of property rights on the celestial bodies, particularly the extraterrestrial aspects of land and mineral resources ownership INDICE: Abstract. Table of Contents. Justification. 1 Is The Moon For Sale? 2. The Sources of Landed Property Rights in Outer Space. 3. The Object of Landed Property Rights in Outer Space. 4. The Relationship Between Property And Sovereignty In Outer Space. 5. The Commons Regime: Everybody’s and Nobody’s. 6. Homesteading the Final Frontier. 7. The Common Heritage of Mankind: Reaping Without Sowing. 8. Property Status of Extraterrestrial Samples and Extracted Resources. 9. Instead of Conclusion. 10. Bibliography. Table of Cases.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-9134-6
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 200
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés