Who Owns the Moon? : Extraterrestrial Aspects of Land and Mineral Resources Ownership /
By: Pop, Virgiliu [author.].
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BookSeries: Space Regulations Library: 4Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.Description: XII, 176 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781402091353.Subject(s): Physics | Astronomy | Astrophysics | Cosmology | Observations, Astronomical | Astronomy -- Observations | International law | Trade | Law of the sea | Aerospace engineering | Astronautics | Law and economics | Physics | Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology | International Economic Law, Trade Law | Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space | Aerospace Technology and Astronautics | Astronomy, Observations and Techniques | Law and EconomicsDDC classification: 520 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Is the Moon for Sale? -- The Sources of Landed Property Rights in Outer Space -- The Object of Landed Property Rights in Outer Space -- The Relationship Between Property and Sovereignty in Outer Space -- The Commons Regime: Everybody’s and Nobody’s -- Homesteading the Final Frontier -- The Common Heritage of Mankind: Reaping Without Sowing -- Property Status of Extraterrestrial Samples and Extracted Resources -- Conclusion.
This work investigates the permissibility and viability of property rights on the 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?" After critically analyzing and dismantling with legal arguments the trivial issue of sale of extraterrestrial real estate, the book addresses the apparent silence of the law in the field of landed property in outer space, scrutinizing whether the factual situation on the extraterrestrial realms calls for legal regulations. The legal status of asteroids and the relationship between appropriation under international law and civil law appropriation are duly examined, as well as different property patterns – such as the commons regime, the Common Heritage of the Mankind, and the Frontier paradigm. Virgiliu Pop is one of world's specialists in the area of space property rights. A member of the International Institute of Space Law, Virgiliu has authored several acclaimed papers in the field of space law and policy, and was interviewed by prestigious media outlets as diverse as New Scientist, Space.com/MSNBC, The Space Show, La Tercera (Chile), Ta Nea (Greece), Geo Magazine (Germany) and several publications in his native Romania.
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