The Legal Regime of Space Objects: Scientific Doctrine

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by Roman Shyshka1
1 Kyiv Institute of Intellectual Property and Law of the National University “Odessa Academy of Law” (Kyiv, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/2018/2/8
Received: June 23, 2018 / Accepted: August 3, 2018 / Published: November 10, 2018

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Abstract

The paper investigates the legal regime of space objects, namely: the order of their creation, introduction into legal circle and, in particular, the use and responsibility for the claimed rights to them. The author examines the acts of the current legislation, law-enforcement practices, formulates the scientific doctrine. The author suggests that in the legal regime for space objects having specific property rights as absolute. They provide the rights of owners who are dominant in the collision of real rights, in particular easements, and property rights, and are secured by imperative obligations for the return of artificial space objects to their owners.

Keywords: space objects, legal regime, property rights

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Shyshka, Roman (2018) The Legal Regime of Space Objects: Scientific Doctrine. Advanced Space Law, Volume 2, 63-69. https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/2018/2/8
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