Who Owns the Moon?: Extraterrestrial Aspects of Land and Mineral Resources Ownership

by Virgiliu Pop

Book Overview

This work investigates the permissibility and viability of property rights on the - lestial bodies, particularly the extraterrestrial aspects of land and mineral resources ownership. In lay terms, it aims to ?nd an answer to the question "Who owns the Moon?" The ?rst 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048180759
• ISBN13: 9789048180752
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"