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==Outer Space as a Legal Jurisdiction==
==Outer Space as a Legal Jurisdiction==
According to existing international law (largely treaties approved by the United Nations), the space outside of the Earth's atmosphere is ''Res Communis'', meaning that it belongs to all of humanity and that every nation must have equal access to it. In accordance with this legal regime, no country, organization or individual can claim private ownership to any part of outer space. However, countries or organization that send man-made objects into outer space still retain ownership and jurisdiction over these objects and over any personnel on board.
According to existing international law (largely treaties approved by the United Nations), the space outside of the Earth's atmosphere is ''Res Communis'', meaning that it belongs to all of humanity and that every nation must have equal access to it. In accordance with this legal regime, no country, organization or individual can claim private ownership to any part of outer space. However, countries or organizations that send man-made objects into outer space still retain ownership and jurisdiction over these objects and over any personnel on board.
==External Links==
* Treaty-making Bodies
** [http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/oosa/COPUOS/copuos.html United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space]
* Organizations of Experts in Space Law
** [http://www.iislweb.org/ International Institute of Space Law (IISL)]
==History and Development of Space Law==
==History and Development of Space Law==