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| May 31, 2021 at 4:59 | comment | added | Fred | Another term that could apply is squatting | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 18:01 | comment | added | Erik | If you are referring to the Homestead Acts, these acts covered land that was considered to be already owned by the federal government. Also, laws are often created that are redundant (the Bill of Rights for example). | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 17:59 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | Then why was the Homesteading Act felt necessary in the first place, if the Constitution already allowed for it? I think this argument is oversimplified. | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 17:58 | comment | added | Erik | What other nations consider valid is immaterial. Their sovereignty is as meaningless on the moon as the US'. These nations' opinions only matter if the owners plan on travelling to or doing business in these nations' sovereign lands. For owners travelling through US lands, the US is a country with the technology to travel in space (per the original question) and does recognize and affirm private property rights in the US Constitution -- which trumps any other agreements, laws, or treaties. | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 17:50 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | The homestead principle, from that very article, seems to be somewhat controversial ("part of a series on libertarianism"?); it is certainly not beyond dispute, and the fact that the US had to explicitly pass laws to allow limited homesteading in certain areas shows that it's not something all nations consider automatically valid in all cases. | |
| Jun 9, 2015 at 15:26 | history | edited | Erik | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 5, 2015 at 16:19 | history | edited | Erik | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 8, 2015 at 16:20 | history | answered | Erik | CC BY-SA 3.0 |