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International Aviation Law: A Practical Guide


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Index

  • 9/11 terrorist attacks
    • air traffic management 314
    • security following 8, 227, 274
  • Abeyratne, Ruwantissa 3645
  • absolute liability 144, 1734
  • acceptance of offers 102, 105, 1089
  • accident investigation
    • Annex 13 of the ICAO 19
    • attention given to accidents 19, 296
    • Chicago Convention 1944 52, 5860
    • international cooperation 281, 313
    • international obligations 296, 322
    • objectives of 317
    • party system 344
    • prosecution of those involved 168, 174, 178, 270
    • reduction of accidents 3324
    • systemic approach based on Reason model 343
  • accountable managers 339
  • action de in rem verso 117
  • actus reus 172, 147, 175
  • adequate cause 1389
  • adhesion contracts 94
  • adversarial systems 1789
  • advertisements 1023, 104
  • Aerial Navigation Act 1911 12
  • aeronautical charts 63
  • agency problem 195
  • agency relationships 154
  • age of responsibility 173
  • agreement
    • acceptance of offer 91, 95, 100
    • auctions 104
    • consensus ad idem 91, 100, 406
    • invitation to treat 1012
    • letters of intent 107
    • silence as non-acceptance 107
    • tenders 1045, 107
    • termination of an offer 105, 109, 207
    • withdrawal from negotiation 107, 111
  • air consignment notes 212
  • Aircraft Flight Manuals (AFM) 2457
  • aircrew responsibilities 23940
    • airlines air operator’s certificates 22
    • Aircraft Flight Manuals (AFM) 227
    • captain and aircrew 239
    • cargo and freight 199
    • changes in the industry 1989
    • charter 195
    • development of operations 22630, 226
    • early development of 2301
    • flight operations 2067, 207
    • hierarchy of law for 172, 227
    • low-cost operations 26, 233
    • management of 194
    • Master Minimum Equipment Lists (MMEL) 2457, 264
    • operational control 24952, 249
    • personnel, responsibilities of 22930
    • regional 233
    • regulatory oversight 57, 2278
    • scheduled carriers 231
    • and security 271
  • Air France Concorde crash 2000 176
  • Air France strike of 2014 165
  • air law defined 34
  • air operator’s certificates 254
  • airports
    • access control 324
    • air traffic, growth in 302
    • certification of 374
    • charges 2789, 281
    • classification of 2927
    • as commercial enterprises 228
    • economic regulation of 277, 281
    • European regulation 74, 257, 2967
    • initiatives to minimize emissions 252, 306
    • international standards 2923
    • land use planning 66, 272
    • litigation involving ownership 301
    • management of 259, 276, 253, 292
    • noise abatement 66, 86
    • non-aeronautical revenue 300
    • outcome-based regulations 2957
    • ownership of airports 3005, 256, 257
    • privatization 2912, 300, 3012, 302
    • rule-making process 258, 2589
    • safety requirements for operators 282
    • screening of passengers and baggage 273
    • security 2778
    • uniform approach 259
    • US FAA requirements 261
  • Airports Council International (ACI) 291
  • airspace and environmental protection 365
  • air traffic, growth in 302
  • air traffic management
    • Annex 11 of the ICAO 276
    • Australia 3212

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    • automation, introduction of 328
    • deregulation in the US 31314
    • emerging issues 3902
    • environmental protection 35961
    • EUROCONTROL 180, 313, 321, 322
    • evolution of 310
    • flights, classification of 31617
    • Global Air Traffic Management Operational Concept (GATMOC) 3267
    • international regulatory systems 2913, 293
    • international standards 274
    • international structure 2747
    • interrelations between components 310
    • key terms of ICAO 30910, 334
    • long-term objectives 326, 336
    • operational control 235
    • safety management 293
    • significant meteorological (SIGMET) information 296
    • Single European Sky (SES) 259, 322
    • terrorist attacks of 9/11 274, 277, 279
    • United States 276
    • US regulation 303
  • air traffic services 53, 65, 276
  • Air Transportation Security Act 1974 (USA) 277
    • airworthiness certification 75
    • entry and departure 275
    • operation of 56
    • registration marks 64
  • Air Transport Oversight System (ATOS) (USA) 248
  • airworthiness
    • certification 75, 245, 253
    • certification codes 255
    • continuing 253
    • European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 259, 260
    • Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) 77, 2579
    • ICAO policy 248, 2546
    • importation of previously certified aircraft 265
    • requirements 254
  • Allaz, C. 55
  • alliances between airlines 78, 199200
  • American Airlines DC-10 accident 412
  • Anti-Hijacking Act 1974 (USA) 276
  • antitrust law 78, 199, 204
  • As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) principle 335
  • ASEAN market, liberalization of 7981
  • Asia-Pacific RPAS Consortium (ARC) ix, 390
  • assault 131, 167
  • assimilative capacity approach 357
  • auctions 104
  • Australia, air traffic management in 318, 321, 325
  • automation, introduction of 313, 327, 328, 388
  • Aviation Security Improvement Act 1990 (USA) 273
  • baggage screening 273, 276
  • bail 177
  • Baldwin, Simeon 11
  • balloons 2, 4, 89; see also hot air balloons
  • Banner, S. 4, 9
  • Baron Bernstein of Leigh v Skyviews and General Ltd 6
  • Bartsch, R.I.C. 18, 34, 55, 101, 151, 167, 175, 328, 342, 374, 382
  • Bates, G. 249
  • battery 1312
  • Baulderstone Hornibrook Pty Ltd v Qantas Airways Ltd 107
  • Beaumont, K.M. 8
  • Berkebile v Brantley Helicopter Corporation 149
  • Bernstein of Leigh (Baron) v Skyviews & General Ltd 140
  • bilateral air services agreements 16, 734, 78, 81, 226
  • bilateral contracts 95
  • blimps 10
  • boards of directors 1946
  • body scanners 2285–6
  • Bolton v Stone 1367
  • boycotts 2034
  • branches of law 30, 44, 49
  • breach of contract 2712
  • breach of duty test 196
  • Brexit
    • future of the SES 323
    • impact of 79
  • BrisConnections 193
  • British Airways volcanic ash incident 40
  • Bruce v Martin-Marietta Corp and Ozark Airlines 14950
  • Bundesgerichtshof 1971, NJW 1971, 609, Seventh Civil Senate 117
  • Bundesgerichtshof (First Civil State), 25May 1954 117
  • Burke v Pan World Airways, Inc. 136
  • business structures 1857
  • cabin crew 207, 227
  • capacity of parties, legal 118
  • Cape Town Convention 2001 27, 30
  • capital lease 2057
  • captains, responsibilities and power of 235, 329, 241
  • carbon accreditation scheme 353
  • carbon emissions 324, 3289, 348, 34950
  • cargo
  • Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co 102
  • carriage by air
  • carrier’s liability 289, 21315, 218
  • cartels 202
  • case law in common law systems 434
  • categorizations of law 49

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  • causation and liability under tort law 139
  • cause/causa 91, 96, 108
  • cause illicite 97
  • certification
    • air operator’s certificates 235
    • aircraft design and manufacturing 247
    • of airports 259, 292
    • codes 247, 257
    • European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 76, 77, 259
    • Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) 77, 238, 2579
    • importation of previously certified aircraft 265
    • individual certificates of airworthiness 2546
    • noise 267, 303, 317
    • operational certification 255
    • products and parts 75, 260, 266
    • Type Certificates 259
  • Challenger disaster 412
  • Charles, Jacques Alexandre 4
  • charter airlines 233
  • Chastan v Isler 110
  • Chicago Convention 1944
    • accident investigation 1689
    • agenda and objectives 15, 5661
    • airlines development 2267
    • airport security 271
    • air traffic management 259
    • Annexes, summary of 627
    • bilateral sir services agreements 25
    • defining security 2356, 2723
    • extent of application 4, 160, 299, 300, 389
    • Five Freedoms Agreement 245, 59
    • freedoms of the air 245, 589
    • importance of 5, 13, 19
    • open skies agreements 256
    • operational control 235
    • opposing positions 23
    • principal parties to 22
    • ratification of 13, 16, 29
    • security standards 269
    • sovereignty 11
    • Two Freedoms Agreement 24, 58
    • work and rest periods 158
  • Cie. Air France v Sté ERVE et al. 141
  • Civil Aviation Act 1982 140
  • Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) (Australia) 71, 260, 389
  • civil law systems 37, 3848
    • contract law 83
    • private and public law 49
  • climate change 66; see also environmental protection
  • codification defined 47, 49, 155
  • Comité International Technique d’Sxperts Juridiques Aériens (CITEJA) 26
  • comity 2045
  • commanders
  • commercial and economic regulation of aviation
    • ASEAN market, liberalization of 26, 7980
    • bilateral air service agreements 16, 245, 74, 78
    • environmental protection 62, 66, 347
    • liberalization of air services 74
    • multilateral 18, 24, 57, 734
    • open skies agreements 26, 74, 7780, 226
  • commercial law
    • aviation as commercial enterprise 185
    • business structures 1856
    • carriage by air
      • air consignment notes 212
      • contracts 21213
      • Incoterms 1978
      • limited liability 1878
      • ownership of goods 187, 198
      • terminology 208
    • competition law 185
    • corporations
      • as acting through their people 187
      • agency problem 1956
      • boards of directors 1889, 1946
      • constitutional documents 195
      • different countries, law in 195
      • directors of 1879
      • limited liability 1889, 193
      • partly paid shares 193
      • popularity of 188
      • private/public 1889, 291
      • as separate legal entities 188
      • shares and shareholders 1936
      • veil of incorporation 190
    • extraterritorial effect 204
    • insurance 185, 198, 2079
    • leasing of aircraft 30, 2059
    • partnerships 1868
    • role of 291, 300, 339
    • sole proprietors 1867
    • strategic alliances 199200
  • Commission Internationale de Navigation Aerienne 21
  • Committee on Aircraft Noise (CAN) 86
  • Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) 66, 365
  • common but differentiated responsibility 356, 35862
  • common law systems
    • adversarial procedure of 46, 1768, 244
    • compared to civil law 44, 47, 134
    • contract law 89135
    • countries with 448
    • judge’s role 47
    • origin of 48
    • precedent, doctrine of 46
    • written contracts 945
  • companies see corporations
  • compensation under tort law 30, 129

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  • competition law 34, 60, 1735, 185209
  • concession companies 300, 303
  • Configuration Deviation List (CDL) 246
  • conflict of interest 43, 196
  • consensus ad idem 91, 100
  • consideration
    • adequacy 11314
    • defined 113
    • elements of 98
    • privity, doctrine of 114, 135, 152
    • promissory estoppel doctrine 113, 115
    • rules under common law 100
  • consistency in terminology 15
  • Constant Descent Approach (CDA) 31819
  • constitutional documents 195
  • construction of aircraft
    • certification process 235, 245
    • development and testing 75, 243, 257, 264
    • individual certificates of airworthiness 245, 2545
    • products and parts 75, 260, 266
    • rules and conditions, establishing 262
    • type-certificates 260
  • continuing airworthiness 2536, 260, 267
  • contracted services, safety accountability of 339, 340
  • contract law
    • adhesion contracts 94
    • agreement
      • acceptance of offer 10012
      • advertisements 96, 102
      • auctions 104
      • consensus ad idem 91, 100
      • invitation to treat 1014
      • letters of intent 1078, 111
      • silence as non-acceptance 1078
      • tenders 1045, 107
      • termination of an offer 105
      • withdrawal from negotiation 1078, 111
    • air carriage 8990
    • aleatory contracts 97
    • bilateral contracts 95
    • breach of contract 99, 1023, 107
    • captain and aircrew liability 239, 242, 388
    • carriage by air 21119
    • cause illicite 97
    • cause or causa 96, 11516
    • civil/common law systems 915
    • consent to 98
    • consideration 95, 98, 11315
    • contracts defined 94
    • counter-offers 100
    • damages 109, 111, 120
    • development of 91
    • discharged contracts 98, 123
    • duress 98, 120, 122
    • e-commerce 91
    • elements of a contract (summary) 98, 111
    • executed contracts 98
    • executory contracts 913, 98
    • force majeure 123
    • frustration doctrine 123
    • insurance 186, 2079
    • intention to create legal relations 989
    • legal capacity of parties 89, 98, 118
    • misrepresentation 96, 120
    • mistakes 121
    • offers 10512
    • performance of contracts 97, 98
    • remedies 90, 124, 125
    • simple/formal contracts 95, 197
    • unconscionable conduct 115, 1223
    • understanding of, need for 89
    • undue influence 96, 98, 122
    • unenforceable contracts 96, 113, 114
    • unilateral contracts 956, 103
    • universal application of 38, 334
    • unjust enrichment 117
    • validity of a contract 967, 118
    • voidable contracts 118, 190
    • void contracts 97, 116
    • written/verbal contracts 94, 156, 243
  • contracts of employment 90, 1525, 156
  • Convention for Offences and Certain other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft 1963 (Tokyo Convention) 270
  • Convention for the Suppression of the Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft 1970 (Hague Convention) 270
  • Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Aircraft 1971 (Montreal Convention) 2701
  • Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air 1929 (Warsaw Convention) 213
  • Convention on International Civil Aviation 1944 (Chicago Convention) 212
    • accident investigation 329
    • agenda and objectives 23, 56
    • airlines development 2267
    • airport security 276
    • air traffic management 297, 307, 30919
    • Annexes, summary of 62, 67, 257
    • bilateral air services agreements 16, 18, 24, 25, 74, 78, 81
    • Five Freedoms Agreement 24, 59
    • freedoms of the air 245, 58
    • importance of 19
    • open skies agreements 6, 256, 74, 7780
    • operational control 24950
    • opposing positions 23
    • principal parties to 22
    • ratification of 13, 16, 29, 57, 225
    • security standards 269
    • sovereignty 1115
    • Two Freedoms Agreement 25, 74
    • work and rest periods 158

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  • Convention relating to the Regulation of Aerial Navigation 1919 (Paris Convention) 13, 201
  • conventions
  • corporate criminal liability 1746
  • corporate social responsibility (CSR) 354
  • corporations
    • accountable managers 229, 33940
    • as acting through their people 229
    • agency problem 195
    • boards of directors 1946
    • constitutional documents 195
    • different countries, law in 195
    • directors of 1956
    • legal capacity of 1889
    • limited liability 188, 193, 21214
    • partly paid shares 193
    • popularity of 1889
    • private/public 18990, 291
    • as separate legal entities 188, 192
    • shares and shareholders 193, 209
    • veil of incorporation 190
  • Council Directive 2000/79/EC 27 Nov 2000 157
  • counter-offers 1089
  • criminal law
    • actus reus 172, 174
    • adversarial systems 46, 1768
    • age of responsibility 173
    • bail 1778
    • classification of crimes 169
    • crime defined 167
    • criminal process 17680, 177
    • criminalization of accidents 17982
    • defences to aviation offences 1701
    • domestic law 172
    • double jeopardy 171, 203
    • elements of a crime 172
    • fear of criminalization 169
    • felonies 170, 178
    • homicide 1756, 182
    • imprisonment 1312
    • indictable offences 170, 175
    • inquisitorial systems 47, 177
    • international law 167
    • investigation of crimes 1779
    • juries 1779
    • just culture 168
    • liability 1439
    • absolute 175
    • corporate 1745
    • strict 1447
    • variety in approaches to 168
  • mens rea 1723
  • misdemeanours 170
  • negligence 120, 1328
  • penalties 179
  • plea bargaining 178
  • presumption of innocence 1701
  • pre-trial proceedings 1778
  • prosecution 171, 177
  • sources of 1712
  • standard of proof 171
  • summary offences 16970
  • trials 1767
  • Daley, B. 250
  • Dam, C.V. 136
  • damages
  • dangerous goods, transport of 62, 64, 67
  • debt financing 2067
  • Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment 360
  • definitions and terminology 15, 335
  • delictual liability 98, 111
  • deregulation
    • of air services 81
    • in the US 31314
  • developed/developing nations 233. 252
  • deviation from the law in extraordinary situations 40, 42, 126
  • Diederiks-Verschoor, I.H.Ph . 9, 34, 148
  • digital systems 2467, 328, 417
  • directors 70, 175
  • dirigibles 10
  • discharged contracts 98, 123
  • Doganis, R. 200
  • domestic aviation law 1819, 27, 323
  • Donoghue v Stevenson 135
  • double eagle balloon 6
  • double jeopardy 171, 203, 407
  • drones see Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)
  • duress in contract law 1202
  • Dusseldorf Airport case 301
  • duty of care 1358, 143, 144
  • ecologically sustainable development (ESD) 359
  • e-commerce 90, 197
  • economic regulation
    • agreements as necessary 734
    • of airports 3024
    • ASEAN market, liberalization of 801
    • bilateral air service agreements 74, 81
    • environmental protection 84, 351
    • liberalization of air services 7780
    • multilateral 74, 88
    • open skies agreements 67, 703

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  • Ecuador v Columbia (Aerial Herbicide Spraying Case) 146
  • Edwards v Skyways Ltd 99
  • electric-powered aircraft 323, 328, 3515
  • emergency response plans (ERPs) 282
  • emissions
  • employees
    • and employment law 146
    • liability for 1515
  • employers, obligations on 156
  • employment law
    • agency relationships 1545
    • centrality of work 157
    • codification, high degree of 155, 158
    • contemporary issues in aviation 1602
    • contracts of employment 1568
    • contractual basis of 156
    • Council Directive 2000/79/EC 27 Nov 2000 157
    • employees 1534
    • employers, obligations on 1567
    • French 153, 159
    • hours of work 1578
    • independent contractors 154
    • industrial action and disputes 1623
    • inequality of employment relationship 153
    • licensing requirements 162
    • main goals of 151
    • principals 162
    • retirement age of pilots 1612
    • termination of employment 15961
    • unfair dismissal 15960
    • vicarious liability 146, 155
    • workplace relationships 1523
  • engine emissions see emissions
  • environmental protection
    • air traffic management 327, 3535
    • assimilative capacity approach 357
    • balance in tools used for regulation 43
    • cap and trade system 346
    • carbon accreditation scheme 3656
    • carbon emissions 31819, 34750
    • Constant Descent Approach (CDA) 31819
    • corporate social responsibility (CSR) 354
    • Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment 349
    • development of regulation 62, 66
    • economic regulatory instruments 293
    • electric aircraft 323, 328, 3515
    • emissions trading 352
    • environment defined 347
    • greenhouse gas reporting 34754
    • Group on International Aviation and Climate Change (GIACC) 3656
    • Hydrogen and hybrid propulsion 3713
    • ICAO, role of 78, 62, 66. 3623
    • initiatives to minimize emissions 347, 350
    • international law
      • agreements and conventions 360
      • central principles 353
      • common but differentiated responsibility 353, 35660
      • developed/developing nations 341
      • permanent sovereignty over natural resources 348, 353
      • precautionary principle 3567
      • sustainable development 35960
    • intragenerational/intergenerational equity 353, 3556
    • Kyoto Protocol 34750, 3604
    • motivation for 349
    • noise certification 62, 857, 2667
    • noise pollution 85, 3489, 358
    • Paris Agreement 348, 3634
    • pollution taxation 353
    • regulation of 66, 73
    • regulatory motivation 2, 7, 266
    • Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 357
      • sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) 8, 36971
      • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 1992 84, 348, 35663
  • Epoux Saint-Arroman v Réunion des Musées Nationaux et Autres 121
  • (in)equality of employment relationship 155
  • erreur sur la cause 116
  • Esler, D. 42, 168
  • EUROCONTROL 180, 313, 3212
  • European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
  • European Union (EU)
  • exclusive dealing 2034
  • executed contracts 98
  • executory contracts 913
  • express parcels system 234
  • express terms 94, 100, 1058
  • external organizations, safety accountability of 339
  • extraordinary situations, deviation from the law in 40
  • extraterritorial effect 204

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  • fatigue risk management systems (FRMS) 158, 380
  • Fauchille, Paul 9, 10, 11
  • fault liability 27, 123, 1436, 146, 168
  • fausse cause 116
  • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (USA)
    • airport operations 276, 278, 293, 296, 3034
    • certification of airports 278, 2923
    • economic regulation of airports 258, 277
    • Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) 324
    • security provisions 2768, 283
  • Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) 77, 238, 257, 289, 296
  • felonies 170
  • fiduciary duty of directors 188, 1956
    • debt financing 2067
    • difficulties with 206
    • leasing of aircraft 2069
  • First World War 7, 1214, 206
  • Fisher, D. 349, 356, 359
  • Five Freedoms Agreement 24, 59
  • flight attendants 89, 155, 236, 242
  • flight operations 216, 2267, 230, 23364
  • flights, classification of 174, 31617
  • Flying in the Face of Criminalization (Michaelides-Mateou and Mateou) 1678, 169, 17982
  • Forbes, Holland 11
  • force majeure in contract law 123
  • Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvement Act (FTAIA) 204
  • foreseeability 138
  • formal/simple contracts 95
  • France, employment law in 154, 159, 168
  • Frankfurt Airport case 301
  • fraudulent misrepresentation 120
  • freedom of movement, protection of 1312, 179
  • freedom of the air 911, 225
  • freedom of the seas 55
  • freedoms of the air 58
  • freight airlines 185, 199, 2023, 21112
  • French, D. 359
  • frustration doctrine in contract law 123
  • Fuerschbach v Southwest Airlines 1312
  • Germanic Code 47
  • Gilbert, M. 175
  • Global Air Traffic Management Operational Concept (GATMOC) 82, 326
  • global alliances 52, 78, 199200, 226
  • Global Aviation Information Network (GAIN) 337
  • Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP) 70, 336
  • global aviation safety roadmap 71, 337
  • global warming see environmental protection
  • Good Samaritan principle 139
  • Government Business Enterprises 228
  • greenhouse effect 3478, 3525
  • greenhouse gases
    • Kyoto Protocol 3478, 350, 35964
    • reporting 354
    • Grosse v Purvis 142
    • Grotius, Hugo 55
    • Group on International Aviation and Climate Change (GIACC) 365
    • Guille v Swan 56
  • Hague Convention 1970 2701
  • Haley v London Electricity Board 137
  • Hallock v Trans World Airlines Inc. 1545
  • Hartford Fire v California 2045
  • hazards defined 330, 3334, 337
  • Heinrich v European Commission 281
  • hydrogen and hybrid powered aircraft 3713
  • history
    • first powered flights 10, 310, 372
    • first regulation 79
    • freedom of the air 910
    • hot air balloons
      • early flights 27
      • regulation of 23
  • HL Bolton (Engineering) Co Ltd v TJ Graham & Sons Ltd 189
  • Hoffman-La Roche Ltd v Empagran SA 205
  • homicide 1756, 182
  • honour, reputation and privacy, protection of 142
  • hot air balloons
    • double eagle balloon 6
    • early 23
    • early regulation 23
  • hours of work 151, 1568
  • Husserl v Swissair 147
  • illicit cause 97, 11617
  • implied terms 94, 101, 106, 110, 112, 1567
  • imprisonment 1312, 170, 179
  • incapacity, legal 11819
  • incident investigation 62, 65, 68, 2756, 33146
  • Incoterms 1978
  • independent contractors 1524
  • indictable offences 170, 175
  • industrial action and disputes 163
  • inequality of employment relationship 155
  • information services 62, 656
  • innocent misrepresentation 96
  • inquisitorial systems 478, 1769
  • Institute of International Law 10
  • instrument flight rules (IFRs) 316, 387
  • insurance 2079
  • Intelligence Reform and Provision Act 2004 (USA) 279
  • intention to create legal relations 91, 989
  • Inter-Allied Aeronautical Commission 202
  • intergenerational equity 356
  • International Air Services Transit (Two Freedoms) agreement 25, 74

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  • International Air Transport Association (IATA) 16, 20, 27, 723
    • bilateral air service agreements 25, 734, 81
    • mission and goals 73
  • international aviation law
    • current context 59
    • reasons for studying xii, 4
    • structure of 18, 31, 32
  • International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
    • airport charges 273, 282, 285, 3004
    • air traffic management 259, 2756, 2967
    • airworthiness policy 62, 2458, 25468
    • Aviation Security (AVSEC) panel 275, 286
    • bilateral air service agreements 16, 25, 734
    • Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) 66, 365
    • criminal action, pursuit of 1679
    • defining security 235, 272, 278
    • development of standards 8, 52, 61
    • environmental protection 62, 287, 333, 3579
    • environmental regulation 84
    • flight operations 215, 2267
    • Global Aviation Information Network (GAIN) 337
    • Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP) 337
    • Group on International aviation and Climate Change (GIACC) 365
    • international specifications 612, 64, 292
    • noise pollution 352, 372
    • objectives 23, 28, 607
    • operational control 356, 24952
    • privatization of airport operations 301
    • regional planning 68, 71
    • role of 213
    • safety as business function 249, 3301, 3356
    • safety management systems 31920
    • safety standards 52, 57, 27296
    • security standards 26984
    • standards and recommended practices 8, 62, 669, 227, 235
    • state safety programme 61, 678, 245
    • Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) 6871, 338
  • international commercial terms (Incoterms) 1978
  • international personality 15
  • intoxicated persons, legal capacity of 11819
  • intragenerational equity 3567
  • investigation of crimes 169, 1779, 275
  • invitation to treat 1014, 10810
  • jet aircraft and increase in accidents 312
  • joint stock companies 191
  • judges
    • civil law systems 44, 468
    • common law systems 44, 468
  • jura novit curia principle 48
  • juries 1779
  • jurisdiction and contract law 901, 1523
  • just culture 168, 179, 287
  • Kotaite, Assad 28, 61
  • Kyoto Protocol 24750, 25964
  • labour law see employment law
  • laissez faire 92
  • land, protection of 13940
  • land use planning 66
  • Larsen, N. 175
  • law, defined 34, 434
  • law of aviation
    • deviation from in extraordinary situations 40
    • early 25, 19, 22, 56
    • first instance of 34
    • growth of 8
    • objective of 24, 28, 52
    • and practitioners 38
  • leasing of aircraft 2059
  • Le Domaine Aérien et le Régime Juridique des Aérostats (Fauchille) 9
  • Lee v Lee’s Air Farming Ltd 192
  • legal capacity of parties 118
  • legal systems
    • and aviation practitioners 38
    • aviation practitioners and the law 39
    • categorizations of law 49
    • civil law systems 3741
    • common law systems 408
    • diversity of 39, 434
    • elements of 33, 98
    • law defined 34, 434
    • private and public law 4950
    • role of 23, 468
    • rule of law 334, 39
    • substantive and procedural law 4950
    • summary of types of 47
  • Lenk v Spezia 145
  • Lennards Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd 194
  • Leonard v Pepsico Inc 103
  • letters of intent 1078, 111
  • liability

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  • licensing of personnel 623, 68, 70, 163
  • life and limb, protection of 131
  • limited liability 27, 193, 21214
  • Liszt, Franz von 11
  • Lockerbie bombing 273, 2767
  • low-cost carriers (LCCs) 3, 26, 233
  • Luftverkehssgesetz (Air Traffic Act) (Germany) 145
  • maintenance 253; see also airworthiness
    • safety responsibilities 260, 340
  • manslaughter, corporate 1745, 176, 159
  • manufacturer’s liability in aviation 1489
  • manufacturing of aircraft, certification process
    • for decision to go ahead 262, 264
    • individual certificates of airworthiness 64, 2546, 2603, 2656
    • products and parts 75, 260, 266
    • rules and conditions, establishing 262, 311
    • Type Certificates 259, 2656
  • Maritime Security Act 2002 (USA) 2789
  • market power, position of 2012, 304
  • Marsh, P.D.V. 91, 96, 97, 10810, 112, 116, 120, 121
  • Martin, P. 8
  • Master Minimum Equipment Lists (MMEL) 245, 2478
  • Mateou, A. 1679, 175, 17982
  • Matte, N. 33
  • Maynard v Stinson Aircraft Corp. 148
  • McNeill v Palmer 241
  • mens rea 1723
  • meteorological services 623, 68
  • Michaelides-Mateou, S. 1679, 175, 17982
  • Minimum Equipment Lists (MEL) 235, 264
  • minors, legal capacity of 11819
  • misdemeanours 170
  • misrepresentation 96, 120
  • mistakes in contract law 1212
  • Montagnier, Case of 1434
  • Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne 2, 3
  • Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel 2, 3
  • Montreal Convention 1971 2701
  • Montreal Convention 1999 19, 27, 289, 146, 211, 21315
  • movable property 139
  • Moyer v Martin Marietta Corp. 14950
  • Napoleonic Code 47
  • national carriers, phasing-out of 80
  • national sovereignty see sovereignty
  • natural resources, permanent sovereignty over 356, 3589
  • negligence
    • adequate cause 138
    • breach of duty test 1334
    • criminal 130, 147, 167
    • defined 144
    • determining breach of duty 1356
    • in different legal systems 52, 130, 133
    • duty of care 120, 130, 1328
    • foreseeability 1389
    • Good Samaritan principle 139
    • Neighbour principle 135, 240
    • objective test 1334
    • precautionary measures 1368
    • probability of injury 137
    • public utility of defendant’s conduct 138
    • seriousness of injury 137
  • negligent misrepresentation 121
  • negotiation, withdrawal from 107, 111
  • neighbour principle 135
  • Net Zero Emissions Target 2050 2, 847, 129, 252, 268, 2479, 365, 36971
  • Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) 324, 328
  • Nichols v Simmonds, Royal Aero Club of Western Australia and Commonwealth 1323
  • no-fault liability 27, 123
  • noise certification 66, 86, 266
  • noise pollution 129, 352, 372
  • normalization of deviance 412
  • nuisance 129, 1402
  • objective test 1334
  • offers
  • oil price crisis in 1970s 202
  • onboard security 280
  • open skies agreements 256, 58, 74, 7780
  • operating leases 206
  • operational certification 2545, 260, 2667
  • operational control 235, 24950
  • operation of aircraft 606
  • operations managers, responsibilities of 229, 243, 329, 339
  • ownership and control test 24
  • ownership of airports 212, 3001
  • parcels system, express 234
  • Paris v Stepney Borough Council 137
  • Paris Convention 1919 1213, 1924, 26
  • Paris International Air Navigation Conference 1910 12
  • partly paid shares 193
  • partnerships 1868
  • Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) programme 303
  • passengers and baggage screening 273, 27690
  • penalties 33, 179
  • performance of contracts 958, 103, 11415
  • permanent sovereignty over natural resources 356
  • personality rights of the individual 1423

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  • personnel, responsibilities of 229
  • persons of unsound mind, legal capacity of 118
  • Peter Smythe v Vincent Thomas 104
  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists Ltd 1012
  • pilots
  • plea bargaining 178
  • pollution see also environmental protection
  • practitioners, aviation
    • and the law 3842
    • and legal systems 3842
    • pre-screening of passengers 283
  • precautionary measures 1368
  • precautionary principle 356
  • precedent, doctrine of 172
  • predatory pricing 203
  • presumption of innocence 1701
  • pre-trial proceedings 1778
  • price and validity of a contract 967
  • Prigge and others v Deutsche Lufthansa AG 1612
  • principals 154
  • principle place of business test 153
  • private and public law 4950
  • private international aviation law
  • privatization of airport operations 291, 3002
  • privity, doctrine of 11415, 135, 152
  • probability of injury 137, 318
  • procedural and substantive law 59, 51
  • product liability in aviation 144, 1489
  • prohibited items 2802
  • promissory estoppel doctrine 11315
  • property, movable/immovable 13941, 144
  • property, protection of
  • proprietary law
    • aviation law as evolving from 56, 10
  • prosecution 1689, 1714
  • Provisional International Civil aviation Organization (PICAO) 55
  • public and private law 26, 501
  • public international aviation law
    • Chicago Convention 4, 8, 1425
    • defined 212
    • early developments 2, 5
    • Paris Convention 1926
  • Public Trustee v Commonwealth 1478
  • public utility of defendant’s conduct 138
  • punitive damages 147
  • Qantas airways airbus A380 engine failure 401
  • Qantas Airways Ltd v Cameron 138
  • Qantas Airways Ltd v Christie 1623
  • ratification of conventions 16, 19, 57
  • reason model of organizational conditions 343
  • reasonable person test 1334, 139
  • recommended practices see Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS)
  • regional airlines 233
  • Regional Conference on Aviation Security 2011 2712
  • registration marks 62, 64
  • regulation of aviation
    • accident investigation 68, 70, 2756, 329, 338
    • aeronautical charts 623, 241
    • air traffic services 5867
    • airworthiness certification 75, 235, 245, 253, 25567
    • Chicago Convention 1944 1415, 1923
      • Annexes summary 627
      • ASEAN market, liberalization of 7981
      • bilateral air service agreements 734, 78, 81
      • commercial and economic 73
      • environmental protection 62, 66, 347, 34850
      • EU-USA open skies agreement 74, 778
      • liberalization of air services 778, 7981
      • multilateral 21, 24, 578
      • open skies agreements 256, 58, 74, 7780
    • conventions, role of 74
    • dangerous goods, transport of 62, 64, 230
    • divergent views on 56
    • environmental protection 62, 66, 89, 35761
    • environmental regulation 34, 847
    • essentials elements 56
    • European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 71, 749
    • facilitation for passengers and aircrew 645
    • information services 62, 6670
    • International Air Transport Association (IATA) 723
    • International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
      • international specifications 612, 64, 68
      • objectives 612
      • regional planning 68, 71
      • role of 71
      • safety standards 523
      • standardization 68
      • Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) 689, 701, 338
      • licensing of personnel 623, 68, 70, 163
      • meteorological services 62
      • operation of aircraft 26, 38, 63, 68, 72
      • safety and technical 5764
    • Search and Rescue (SAR) services 65

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    • security threats 67, 273
    • self-regulation 56
      • structure of 56
    • telecommunication standards 62, 65
    • uniformity in 68
    • units of measurement for operations 62, 64
  • Reichel, P.I. 177, 179
  • Reichsgericht 133, 145
  • remedies under contract law 1245, 127
  • Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)
    • airspace and 317, 379, 38790
    • applications 812, 375, 37980
    • Asia-Pacific RPAS Consortium ix, 390
    • autonomous systems 82, 382, 386, 3889
    • Chicago Convention 83
    • definition of 3868
    • development of 82
    • five ‘A’ attributes of 378
    • GATMOC and 82
    • global worth of 369
    • ICAO RPAS Manual (RPASM) 3879
    • ICAO RPAS Panel 82, 387
    • ICAO RPAS Study Group 386
    • ICAO Symposium 2017 386
    • law struggling with 81
    • pilot in command 82
    • regulation of 81
    • relationship with the law 381
    • technology and 381
    • UAS International 376, 378, 380
  • reputation and privacy, protection of 1423
  • retirement age of pilots 1612
  • Rio declaration on environment and development 357, 360
  • risk
  • Roscorla v Thomas 113
  • Rosman v Trans World Airlines 147
  • Ruhl, J.B. 358
  • rule of law 39
  • Russell, S. 175
  • safety
    • acceptable level of 31920
    • airport operations 259, 2814
    • air traffic management 2967, 307, 309
    • as business function 3301, 3356
    • contemporary approach to 248, 291, 2312
    • contracted services, accountability of 340
    • defined 32930
    • emergency response plans (ERPs) 282
    • Global Aviation Information Network (GAIN) 337
    • Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP) 70, 3367
    • hazards defined 32930
    • ICAO approach to 248, 288
    • ICAO standards 57, 602, 767, 823, 856
    • ICAO state safety programme 3356
    • as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP) principle 335
    • management accountability 228, 339
    • management systems 2834, 2937
    • operator’s responsibilities 2945, 297, 339
    • reduction of accidents 3312, 334
    • regulation 55, 3023
    • risk defined 32930, 3334
    • Safety Management Systems (SMS) 61, 2834, 319
    • terminology 3345
    • Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) 6871, 338
  • Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd 1902
  • Santos-Dumont, Alberto 10
  • Schacht case 142
  • scheduled carriers 26, 2312
  • Schlesinger, R.D. 47
  • screening of passengers and baggage 273, 2768, 2815, 28990
  • Search and Rescue (SAR) services 65, 68
  • Second World War 13, 22, 58, 231, 2756
  • security
    • aircraft entry and departure 275, 280
    • and airlines 2748
    • airports 2719
    • body scanners 286
    • cargo 272, 2801, 284
    • defined 2723
    • development of standards 26979
    • emergency response plans (ERPs) 276
    • EU regulation 300/2008 2789
    • future challenges 2889
    • implementation of standards 2748
    • integrated holistic approach 288
    • international standards 256
    • Lockerbie bombing 273, 2767
    • onboard 280, 385
    • post 9/11 274, 2778
    • prohibited items 2812
    • regional Conference on aviation security 2011 284
    • risk-based approach 284
    • technology development 269, 274, 279
    • threats, regulation of 67, 273, 322
    • uniformity in regulation 6870, 227
    • United States 276, 285, 289, 303
  • self-regulation 56
  • senior management, safety responsibilities of 229, 244, 340
  • shares and shareholders 193, 209
  • Shawcross, C.N. 8
  • Sherman Act (US) 2045
  • shoe-bombing incident 283
  • silence as non-acceptance 1078
  • simple/formal contracts 89, 95
  • Single European Sky (SES) 31823
  • Smandych, R. 175

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  • Soc. des Eaux de Vittel v Soc. Supermag Rennes GP 109
  • sole proprietors 1867
  • Solomon, K. 342
  • sources of aviation law
    • Cape Town Connvention 2001 27, 30
    • Convention on International Civil aviation 1944
      • agenda and objectives 23, 62
      • bilateral air services agreements 245
      • Five Freedoms Agreement 24, 734, 78, 81
      • freedoms of the air 245, 589
      • importance of 78, 1213
      • open skies agreements 256, 74, 779
      • opposing positions 23
      • principal parties to 22
      • sovereignty 11, 214
      • Two Freedoms agreement 245, 59, 74
    • definitions and terminology 15
    • domestic aviation law 57, 1213
    • early developments 23
    • Montreal Convention 1999 279, 146, 211, 214
    • private international aviation law 1819, 26
    • public international aviation law 1819, 20
    • structure of international aviation law 18
    • Warsaw Convention 1929 2730
  • sovereignty
    • Convention on International Civil Aviation 1944 5, 1114, 16, 214
    • early international conventions 34
    • early regulation 23
    • extraterritorial effect 2045
    • First World War 7, 1214, 202
    • importance of concept 13
    • as keystone of aviation law 6
    • permanent sovereignty over natural resources 3567
  • Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 215, 222, 414
  • specifications, international 62, 64, 68
  • spray drift claims 1456
  • staff, responsibilities of 244
  • standard of proof 171
  • Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS)
  • stare decisis 46
  • Starynin, D. 311, 313
  • state aid 82
  • State of Himachal Pradesh v Ganesh Wood Products 358
  • state safety programme (SSP) 67, 272, 333, 3356
  • state sovereignty see sovereignty
  • Stockholm Declaration 360
  • strategic alliances 199200
  • strict liability 279, 98, 1714
  • structure of international aviation law 2, 18, 312
  • structures, business 1856
  • substantive and procedural law 49
  • summary offences 16970
  • sustainable development 85, 359
  • tariffs 232
  • technical regulation 52, 63, 76, 77
  • technology
    • Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) 324
    • security 26990
  • telecommunication standards 62, 65
  • Telstra Corporation v Hornsby Shire Council 357
  • tenders 1045, 107
  • termination of an offer 105, 10910
  • termination of employment ,15961
  • terminology 15, 211, 334, 385
  • terrorist attacks of 9/11
  • Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v Nattrass 194
  • Tokyo Convention 1963 242, 270
  • Torres Quevedo, Leonardo 10
  • tort law
  • traffic rights 58, 81, 275
  • Trail Smelter Arbitration (United States v Canada) 356
  • Transit Agreement 25, 74, 81
  • transport law generally, compared to aviation law 9, 55
  • Transport Security Act 2001 (USA) 2789, 2823
  • trespass 56, 1301, 1403
  • trials 17680
  • Two Freedoms Agreement 25, 59, 74
  • Type Certificates 75, 86, 235, 2457
  • UAS International 82, 376, 37890
  • unconscionable conduct in contract law 115
  • undue influence in contract law 96, 98, 122
  • unenforceable contracts 96, 11617
  • unfair dismissal 15960
  • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 1992 356, 35860
  • uniformity in regulation of aviation 6, 70, 767
  • unilateral contracts 956
  • United States
    • Air Traffic Management (ATM) 259, 31112
    • Air Transport Oversight System (ATOS) 248
    • airport operations 276, 285, 3034
    • airport security 276, 285, 289
    • certification of airports 259, 278, 293, 314
    • deregulation 31314
    • early regulation 2301
    • economic regulation of airports 3024, 313
    • environmental protection 66, 35765
    • flight operations 227, 2348
    • Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvement Act (FTAIA) 2045
    • open skies agreement with EU 256, 779
    • Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) programme 303
    • security 2726, 285, 289
    • Sherman Act 2045
  • United States of America v Abdulmutallab 2856
  • United States v Causby 1401
  • units of measurement for operations 62, 64
  • Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) 6871, 338
  • unjust enrichment 117
  • unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) see Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)
  • unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) see Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)
  • validity of a contract 967
  • veil of incorporation 190
  • Venturini, A. 300
  • verbal/written contracts 945
  • vertical integration 203, 307, 374
  • vicarious liability 146, 1556
  • visual flight rules (VFRs) 31011, 31617
  • voidable contracts 96, 118, 190
  • void contracts 967, 11618
  • volcanic ash incident, British airways 40
  • Vranken, M. 97, 153, 160
  • war
    • first prohibition of aerial 9
    • First World War 7, 1314, 1202
    • Second World War 1314, 22, 58
    • use of aircraft in 713
  • Warsaw Convention 1929 268, 90, 21113
  • Werfelman, I. 174, 178
  • Will Airships Change Our Laws? (Baldwin) 11
  • willful misconduct 27, 147, 214
  • withdrawal from negotiation 1078, 111
  • work see employment law
  • working hours 110, 1578
  • Wright, Orville 10
  • Wright, Wilbur 10
  • written/verbal contracts 945, 156
  • Zeppelin, Ferdinand Von, Count 10
  • Zero Emissions Target 2050 2, 847, 129, 252, 268, 2479, 365, 36971

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