Description

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Abstract -Table of Contents - Justification. 1 Is The Moon For Sale? 1.1. Introduction 1.2. The Trivial Issue: 'Extraterrestrial Real Estate' 1.3. Arguments for Invalidating the 'Extraterrestrial Real Estate' Claims 1.4 Conclusion 2. The Sources of Landed Property Rights in Outer Space 2.1.Introduction 2.2. Real Property Rights Implications of Space Activities 2.3 The Material Sources Of Landed Property Law In Outer Space 2.4. The Formal Sources of Landed Property Law in Outer Space 2.5 Conclusion 3. The Object of Landed Property Rights in Outer Space 3.1 Introduction 3.2. The Concept of 'Res' in International Space Law 3.3.Territorial Resources vs. Material Resources, Immovables vs. Movables 3.4. The Different Approaches in Defining Celestial Bodies 3.5. Conclusion 4. The Relationship Between Property And Sovereignty In Outer Space 4.1. Introduction 4.2. What Is Property? 4.3. The Impact of the Non-Appropriation Principle Over Property Rights 4.4. Conclusion 5. The Commons Regime: Everybody's and Nobody's 5.1. Introduction 5.2. The Extraterrestrial Realms As A Commons 5.3. The Celestial Bodies As Res Communis 5.4. Res Publica and the Public Trust Doctrine 5.5. Arguments For The Commons Paradigm 5.6. Arguments Against The Commons Paradigm 5.7. Conclusion 6. Homesteading the Final Frontier 6.1. Introduction 6.2. The High Frontier Thesis 6.3. Arguments For The Frontier Paradigm 6.4. Arguments Against The Frontier Paradigm 6.5 Conclusion 7. The Common Heritage of Mankind: Reaping Without Sowing 7.1. Introduction 7.2. The Genesis of the CHM Concept 7.3. The Contents of the Common Heritage of Mankind 7.4. Arguments For the Common Heritage of Mankind 7.5. Arguments Against the Common Heritage of Mankind 7.6. Conclusion 8. Property Status of Extraterrestrial Samples and Extracted Resources 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Appropriation of Extraterrestrial Material Under the Outer Space Treaty 8.3. Appropriation of Extraterrestrial Material Under the Moon Agreement 8.4. The Property Regime of Meteorites 8.5. Conclusion 9. Instead of Conclusion 10. Bibliography - Table of Cases.

About the Author

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Virgiliu Pop is a researcher at the Romanian Space Agency and 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.