Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law: Volume 13 Issue 2

Guest editorial

Rebecca Leshinsky, Samantha Le May

New space property age: at the crossroads of space commons, commodities and competition

Maria Lucas Rhimbassen, Lucien Rapp

In the absence of a clear property rights regime in outer space, commodification might bypass several legal considerations and instill a regime through customary practice, which…

A review of property rights in outer space from a land management perspective

Walter Timo de Vries, Urs Hugentobler

In light of the discussions on outer space property management, this conceptual review paper aims to discuss and evaluate if, when and under which conditions certain land…

(Un)earthly governance: beyond functional frameworks to flourishing spacescapes

Clare M. Mouat, Erika Jane Edith Techera, Lies Notebaert, Meredith Blake, Renae Barker

Humanity has a weakness in how we approach the “challenge” of using outer space. This paper aims to show how the global and national frameworks that address our planetary…

International environmental law and environmentally harmful space activities: learning from the past for a more sustainable future

Sara Dalledonne

The purpose of this paper is to present and analyse part of the relevant legal instruments currently available for regulating environmentally harmful space activities.

Situating real estate law for the new outer-space economy

Rebecca Leshinsky

With current commercial space activities accelerating, the purpose of this paper is to contexualise enlivening the discipline of real estate law for outer space.

The commons institution of Antarctica: a roadmap to governance of mankind resources

Paschalis Arvanitidis, Aikaterini Almyriotou

This paper aims to draw on Ostrom’s commons theory to analyse the governance regime of Antarctic as a commons institution. Antarctic is a peculiar territorial space on Earth…