Appropriation in outer space: The relationship between land ownership and sovereignty on the celestial bodies

Space Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 275-282

  Virgiliu, Pop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extraterrestrial real estate; Non appropriation principle; Sovereignty in outer space

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034311156     PISSN: 02659646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0265-9646(00)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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