Illegal Charters and Aviation Law
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CHAPTER 3
The Origins of Illegal Charters: International Aviation Law
The Origins of Illegal Charters: International Aviation Law
There is a detectable ebb and flow to the entwining of politics, commerce, and law in the history of international aviation law. The primary concerns of this chapter are to reflect on those processes and to bring an historical perspective to the consideration of contemporary understandings and controversies within this field. It would be impossible within the scope of this chapter to give in granular detail the many laws and regulations that orbit around aviation law. Thankfully, this has been done exceptionally well somewhere else.1 The purpose of this chapter is not to convey in brief the entire course of international aviation law, but rather to demonstrate the difficulties and struggles faced by policy- and law-makers while going through the birth pains of aviation law. The child was desired and wanted, but has a weak immune system which is prone to pathologies.