Comparative Space Law : The Space Frontier from a Private Law Perspective /
Zolea, Sirio,
Comparative Space Law : The Space Frontier from a Private Law Perspective / The Space Frontier from a Private Law Perspective Sirio Zolea. - 1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations. - International Law E-Books Online, Collection 2025 Studies in Space Law ; 25 . - International Law E-Books Online, Collection 2025. Studies in Space Law ; 25. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 answers. Through a comparative method, this book systematises the complex legal spacescape concerning some fundamental concepts rooted in the various national systems of private law: natural and legal persons, property rights, liability, contracts, and securities. These analyses form a handbook of private law in the context of outer space.
English
9789004724051
10.1163/9789004724051 DOI
Space law.
KZD1145
341.4/7
Comparative Space Law : The Space Frontier from a Private Law Perspective / The Space Frontier from a Private Law Perspective Sirio Zolea. - 1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations. - International Law E-Books Online, Collection 2025 Studies in Space Law ; 25 . - International Law E-Books Online, Collection 2025. Studies in Space Law ; 25. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 answers. Through a comparative method, this book systematises the complex legal spacescape concerning some fundamental concepts rooted in the various national systems of private law: natural and legal persons, property rights, liability, contracts, and securities. These analyses form a handbook of private law in the context of outer space.
English
9789004724051
10.1163/9789004724051 DOI
Space law.
KZD1145
341.4/7