Opening arguments
The genesis of the delimitation issue
The political approach: a fistful of theories
The political approach: no present need
The spatial approach : arbitrary altitudes
The spatial approach : natural phenomena
The spatial approach : aerodynamic lift
The spatial approach : myths and misconceptions
The spatial approach : aerostatic buoyancy
The spatial approach : lowest perigee
The functional approach : security of the state
The functional approach : its rise and stall
The functional approach : what are space activities?
The functional approach : what are space objects?
What is outer space?
A temporal approach
National practices and legislation
Right of passage
Effective control and state interest reconsidered
A hybrid approach
A draft space delimitation convention
Practical considerations and the convention
The outer limits
Summation.