The political uncommons : the cross-cultural logic of the global commons / Kathryn Milun.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-214) and index.

An emergent global commons: biodiversity: a case study of how culture becomes law and nature becomes empty space -- Part I: Res Nullius/Terra Nullius and the epistemic imaginary of international law. Terra Nullius, Res Nullius and Res Communis: a conceptual confusion of terms ; Res Nullius: the tragedy of the (modern global) commons: from Grotius and the high seas to the Internet ; Covering Res that move: theory and practice, whales and Res Divini Juris ; The law of the sea extended vertically into the law of outer space, and the law of outer space reterritorializing the earth -- Part II: Two cases of the revocation of Terra Nullius. The Western Sahara case: genealogies captured by the census ; Negotiations and the Mabo case: comparative epistemic imaginaries -- Conclusion: Beyond empty space: expanding the epistemological repertoire of the global commons through biogifural and technological imaginaries.