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Preventing disputes over the Higher Grounds: Regulatory discordance between emergent national space mining regimes and International Space Law. In: (Eds) Regulatory, Policy, and Economic Aerospace-Related Topics
Oduntan, Gbenga
Oduntan, Gbenga
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The regime of space law within the province of public international law is explored with a view to understanding the continuing influence of power and hegemony in the redirection of settled principles of law. The comparative legislative practice of states particularly that of two leading space jurisdictions; the United Kingdom and the United States is examined in an attempt to pinpoint the probable sources of the regulatory push towards commercial space mining despite, a long standing commitment towards treaty obligations that have proclaimed non appropriation of outer space and its resources. The differences in the US and UK regulatory environments are contrasted especially in relation to commercial mining of outer space. The danger of regulatory capture by corporate interests within regulatory states is established and the chapter therefore, argues that there is a need for developing states to prepare against hegemonic overreach over the common heritage of mankind principle.
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Oduntan G (2025) Preventing disputes over the Higher Grounds: Regulatory discordance between emergent national space mining regimes and International Space Law. In: xxxx (Eds) Regulatory, Policy, and Economic Aerospace-Related Topics. London:
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