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Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space. By Michael Byers and Aaron Boley. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. xii, 407. Index.
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Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space. By Michael Byers and Aaron Boley. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. xii, 407. Index.
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1 The Institutions of Extraterrestrial Liberty (Charles S. Cockell ed., 2022).
2 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, Jan. 27, 1967, 610 UNTS 205 [hereinafter Outer Space Treaty].
3 Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space, Apr. 22, 1968, 672 UNTS 119.
4 For an overview of this emerging field of law, see Arnold Pronto, International Disaster Law, in The Oxford Handbook of the International Law of Global Security 566 (Robin Geiß & Nils Melzer eds., 2021).
5 Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects, Mar. 29, 1972, 961 UNTS 187 [hereinafter Liability Convention].
6 Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, Dec. 18, 1979, 1363 UNTS 3 [hereinafter Moon Agreement].
7 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, May 23, 1969, 1155 UNTS 331.
8 For a detailed analysis of the role of consensus in the practice of the UN General Assembly, see Rossana Deplano, Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on International Law: How States Use the UN General Assembly to Create International Obligations 83–94, esp. 86–87 (2022).
9 The Artemis Accords: Principles for Cooperation in the Civil Exploration and Use of the Moon, Mars, Comets, and Asteroids for Peaceful Purposes, Sept. 13, 2020, 62 ILM 893.
10 See, e.g., Mosteshar, Sa'id, Artemis: The Discordant Accords, 44 J. Space L. 591 (2020)Google Scholar; Hobe, Stephan, The Artemis Accords: What They Mean for the Development of International Space Law, 70 ZLW 1 (2021)Google Scholar.
11 COPUOS, Legal Subcommittee, Status and Application of the Five United Nations Treaties on Outer Space, and Way and Means, Including Capacity-Building, to Promote Their Implementation, at 10, UN Doc. A/AC.105/C.2/2024/CRP.3 (2024).