REFERENCE & RESEARCH COMPANION
Supporting Materials for What Legal Framework Will Govern Permanent Human Settlements on the Moon or Mars?
- TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
- INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
This would include, at minimum:
- Outer Space Treaty (1967)
- Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts
- Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects
- Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space
- Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies
- Artemis Accords
- UNITED STATES STATUTES
Examples:
- National Aeronautics and Space Act
- Commercial Space Launch Act
- Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act
- Title 51, United States Code
- Federal Acquisition Regulations (space-related provisions)
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS
- FAA Commercial Space Regulations
- NASA Procedural Requirements
- NOAA Remote Sensing Regulations
- FCC Space Communications Regulations
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
- Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
- International Institute of Space Law
- International Astronautical Federation
- European Space Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
III. LEADING BOOKS
Organized alphabetically.
Examples:
- Space Law: A Treatise
- The International Law of Outer Space
- International Space Law
- The Oxford Handbook of Space Security
- LAW REVIEW ARTICLES
Approximately 30–50 of the leading articles covering:
- Jurisdiction
- Property rights
- Settlement governance
- Commercial regulation
- Space resources
- Human rights
- Constitutional law
- AI governance
- MAJOR COURT DECISIONS
Instead of listing only space cases (there are few), include influential constitutional and international decisions cited throughout the series, such as:
- McCulloch v. Maryland
- Missouri v. Holland
- Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.
- GLOSSARY
Probably 75–100 definitions.
Examples:
- Appropriation
- Arbitration
- Celestial Body
- Common Heritage
- Habitat
- Launching State
- Operational Control
- Safety Zone
- Sovereignty
VII. ACRONYMS
Examples:
- COPUOS
- ESA
- FAA
- FAA/AST
- FCC
- IAF
- IISL
- NASA
- NOAA
- OST
- UNOOSA
VIII. MODEL DOCUMENTS
Include the key templates developed in the series.
Examples:
- Settlement Charter
- Municipal Charter
- Resident Agreement
- Arbitration Clause
- Property Registry Form
- Emergency Declaration
- Infrastructure Protection Order
- LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY
Cross-reference the companion legislative series.
Examples:
- Permanent Human Settlement Governance Act of 2027
- Settlement Jurisdiction Act
- Municipal Governance Act
- Emergency Authority Act
- Civil Procedure Act
- Property Recording Act
- Resource Rights Act
- Criminal Investigations Act
- Evidence Preservation Act
- Consumer Protection Act
- Infrastructure Governance Act
- RESEARCH ROADMAP
A curated list of unanswered legal questions, such as:
- Should settlements have elected governments?
- How should constitutional rights apply beyond Earth?
- Can permanent residents acquire local citizenship?
- How should AI decision-making be regulated?
- Who should license extraterrestrial municipalities?
- Should there be an International Space Court?
- How should taxes be assessed in off-world settlements?
- What legal framework should govern inter-settlement commerce?