Assessing a Mars Agreement Including Human Settlements (Paperback)

Is Human Settlement on Mars Marking the Beginning of a New Era of Intellectual Property Rights Protection in Outer Space?.- How five fundamental human rights could be violated in privately-funded space settlements and the role of the Mars Agreement in their protection.- Legal Implications of Detection of or Contact with Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence in the Mars Agreement Including Human Settlements.- The International space Station (ISS) Intergovernmental Agreement as a Precedent for Regulating the First Human Settlements on Mars.- Building a new legal model for settlements on Mars.- Factors Influencing the future Martian population.- Who Speaks for Mars? The Responsibility to Protect and the Search for Life.- Crewed Space Mission Waste-streams and Impact on Human Exploration of Mars.- Shared Network Infrastructures on Mars: Implementing Legal Tools for the Establishment and Regulation of a Martian Power Grid.- A Tale of Two Planets in international Law: Limitations to the Freedom of exploration and Use.- Protecting the Million-Year Picnic: The Importance of Importing the Rule of Law to Mars.- From Antarctica to Mars: Developing a Mars Treaty System.