Comparative Space Law : The Space Frontier from a Private Law Perspective /

Comparative Space Law : The Space Frontier from a Private Law Perspective /

This book approaches space law from the angle of legal comparison. In a new phase of exploration and exploitation of outer space characterised by an increasing presence and role of commercial entities, problems inherent in systems of private law arise in a special context and require specific legal...

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Main Author: Zolea, Sirio (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 2025.

Series: International Law E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
Studies in Space Law ; 25.

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Space law.

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Call Number: KZD1145

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Table of Contents:
  • Introductory Part
  •  1 The Aim and the Method of This Book
  •  1.1  The Aims and the Structure
  •  1.2  The Method
  •  2 Space Economy, Space Society and Space Law
  •  2.1  The Space Economy in General
  •  2.2  An Embryonic Space Society
  •  2.3  Ubi ius, ibi societas
  •  3 Space Law: What Is It?
  •  3.1  The Multiple Layers of Space Law
  •  3.2  International Space Law
  •  3.2.1 The Outer Space Treaty
  •  3.2.2 The Other Multilateral Space Treaties
  •  3.2.3 International Agreements on Cooperation in Outer Space: Some Relevant Examples
  •  3.3  National Space Law
  •  3.4  Legal Hybridity in Space
  •  4 Comparative Law and International Law
  •  4.1  The Dialogue between Comparative Law and International Law
  •  4.2  Some Benefits of Comparative International Law
  •  5 Space Law and Comparative Law: A Beneficial Symbiosis
  •  5.1  Comparative Law for Space Law
  •  5.2  Space Law for Comparative Law
  • 1   The Players of Space Law
  •  1 Humankind
  •  1.1  Space Law and the Problem of Terrestrial Territorialisation
  •  1.2  Humankind and Human Rights in Space Law
  •  2 States and Other Entities of International Law
  •  2.1  States and Intergovernmental Organisations in International Space Law
  •  2.2  The Role of the State (and Its Public Bodies) in National Space Law
  •  2.3  Jurisdiction in Space
  •  3 Commercial Entities
  •  3.1  A General Tendency towards Commercialisation of Outer Space
  •  3.2  Commercial Entities in International Space Law
  •  3.3  The Current Orientation of the Space Legislation of the United States of America
  •  3.4  Licensing Private Operators
  •  3.4.1 The United States of America
  •  3.4.2 Europe
  •  3.4.3 People's Republic of China
  •  4 Individuals and Social Groups
  •  4.1  Individuals in International Space Law
  •  4.1.1 The Multilateral Space Treaties
  •  4.1.2  Other International Agreements
  •  4.2 Individuals in National Space Law
  •  4.3  Some Inconclusive Remarks on Individuals and Social Groups in Space Law
  • 2   Legal Models in Outer Space
  •  1 Public Sector-Centered vs. Private Sector-Centered Space Policies and Legal Rules
  •  1.1  Space Powers and Polycentric Governance of Space Activities
  •  1.2  Private-Focused Models of Space Policies and Space Law
  •  1.2.1 The United States of America
  •  1.2.2 The Artemis Accords
  •  1.3  Public-Focused Models of Space Policies and Space Law: China
  •  1.4  Europe: The Problematic Quest for a Third Way
  •  2 Fundamental Rights, Constitutional Principles and Space Law
  •  2.1  Outer Space and Inequalities
  •  2.2  Space Law, Equality Issues and State Intervention in Light of a Heterodox Economic Approach
  •  2.3  Social Rights and Public Economic Intervention: Prospects for a European Third Way towards Outer Space
  • 3   Some Traditional Problems of Private Law from the Perspective of Space Law
  •  1 Property Rights with Regard to Space Objects
  •  1.1  Property Rights in Outer Space?
  •  1.2  The International Law Framework
  •  1.2.1 Outer Space Treaty and Moon Agreement
  •  1.2.2 The Uncertainties and Ambiguities of the Rules of International Law
  •  1.3  National Laws and the Artemis Accords
  •  1.3.1 The Law of the United States of America: Towards 'Space Homestead Acts'?
  •  1.3.2 Other National Laws Regarding Space Resources and the Artemis Accords
  •  1.4  Looking for Property Models in Outer Space
  •  1.4.1 Suggestions from Civil Law and Common Law
  •  1.4.2 Suggestions from China
  •  1.5  De iure condito
  •  1.6  De iure condendo
  •  2 Liability in Outer Space
  •  2.1  Torts in Outer Space
  •  2.2  The International Law Framework
  •  2.2.1 Responsibility and Liability in the Outer Space Treaty
  •  2.2.2 The Liability Convention: Substantive Provisions
  •  2.2.3 The Liability Convention: Procedural Provisions
  •  2.2.4 The Liability Convention: An Assessment
  •  2.2.5 Liability in International Agreements on Cooperation in Outer Space: The Examples of the International Space Station and the Artemis Accords
  •  2.3  Third-Party Liability of the European Space Agency
  •  2.4  Liability in National Space Legislation
  •  2.4.1 The United States of America
  •  2.4.2 France
  •  2.4.3 Italy
  •  2.4.4 China
  •  2.5  How Legal Comparison Might Help to Improve and Update Space Liability Rules
  •  3 Space Contracts
  •  3.1  Contracts and Outer Space
  •  3.2  Uncertainty
  •  3.3  Cross-Waiver Clauses
  •  3.4  International Harmonisation of Space Contracts
  •  4 Securities in Outer Space
  •  4.1  Securities and the Space Industry
  •  4.2  Securities in the Context of Space Resources
  •  4.3  Securities in the Context of (Artificial) Space Objects
  • Some Conclusions
  •  1 Towards a System of Private Law in Outer Space
  •  2 Reconnecting the Thread of the Investigation
  •  3 Legal Comparison as an Actual Tool for Peaceful Cooperation in Outer Space
  • Bibliography
  • Index.