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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 364–5
  • absolute liability 144, 173–4
  • acceptance of offers 102, 105, 108–9
  • accident investigation
    • Annex 13 of the ICAO 19
    • attention given to accidents 19, 296
    • Chicago Convention 1944 52, 58–60
    • 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 332–4
    • systemic approach based on Reason model 343
  • accountable managers 339
  • action de in rem verso 117
  • actus reus 172, 147, 175
  • adequate cause 138–9
  • adhesion contracts 94
  • adversarial systems 178–9
  • advertisements 102–3, 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 101–2
    • letters of intent 107
    • silence as non-acceptance 107
    • tenders 104–5, 107
    • termination of an offer 105, 109, 207
    • withdrawal from negotiation 107, 111
  • air consignment notes 212
  • Aircraft Flight Manuals (AFM) 245–7
  • aircrew responsibilities 239–40
    • airlines air operator’s certificates 22
    • Aircraft Flight Manuals (AFM) 227
    • captain and aircrew 239
    • cargo and freight 199
    • changes in the industry 198–9
    • charter 195
    • development of operations 226–30, 226
    • early development of 230–1
    • flight operations 206–7, 207
    • hierarchy of law for 172, 227
    • low-cost operations 26, 233
    • management of 194
    • Master Minimum Equipment Lists (MMEL) 245–7, 264
    • operational control 249–52, 249
    • personnel, responsibilities of 229–30
    • regional 233
    • regulatory oversight 57, 227–8
    • 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 278–9, 281
    • classification of 292–7
    • as commercial enterprises 228
    • economic regulation of 277, 281
    • European regulation 74, 257, 296–7
    • initiatives to minimize emissions 252, 306
    • international standards 292–3
    • 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 295–7
    • ownership of airports 300–5, 256, 257
    • privatization 291–2, 300, 301–2, 302
    • rule-making process 258, 258–9
    • safety requirements for operators 282
    • screening of passengers and baggage 273
    • security 277–8
    • 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 321–2

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    • automation, introduction of 328
    • deregulation in the US 313–14
    • emerging issues 390–2
    • environmental protection 359–61
    • EUROCONTROL 180, 313, 321, 322
    • evolution of 310
    • flights, classification of 316–17
    • Global Air Traffic Management Operational Concept (GATMOC) 326–7
    • international regulatory systems 291–3, 293
    • international standards 274
    • international structure 274–7
    • interrelations between components 310
    • key terms of ICAO 309–10, 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, 257–9
    • ICAO policy 248, 254–6
    • importation of previously certified aircraft 265
    • requirements 254
  • Allaz, C. 55
  • alliances between airlines 78, 199–200
  • American Airlines DC-10 accident 41–2
  • Anti-Hijacking Act 1974 (USA) 276
  • antitrust law 78, 199, 204
  • As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) principle 335
  • ASEAN market, liberalization of 79–81
  • 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, 8–9; 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 131–2
  • 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, 73–4, 78, 81, 226
  • bilateral contracts 95
  • blimps 10
  • boards of directors 194–6
  • body scanners 2285–6
  • Bolton v Stone 136–7
  • boycotts 203–4
  • branches of law 30, 44, 49
  • breach of contract 271–2
  • 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 149–50
  • 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 185–7
  • cabin crew 207, 227
  • capacity of parties, legal 118
  • Cape Town Convention 2001 27, 30
  • capital lease 205–7
  • captains, responsibilities and power of 235, 329, 241
  • carbon accreditation scheme 353
  • carbon emissions 324, 328–9, 348, 349–50
  • cargo
  • Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co 102
  • carriage by air
  • carrier’s liability 28–9, 213–15, 218
  • cartels 202
  • case law in common law systems 43–4
  • 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, 257–9
    • importation of previously certified aircraft 265
    • individual certificates of airworthiness 254–6
    • noise 267, 303, 317
    • operational certification 255
    • products and parts 75, 260, 266
    • Type Certificates 259
  • Challenger disaster 41–2
  • Charles, Jacques Alexandre 4
  • charter airlines 233
  • Chastan v Isler 110
  • Chicago Convention 1944
    • accident investigation 168–9
    • agenda and objectives 15, 56–61
    • airlines development 226–7
    • airport security 271
    • air traffic management 259
    • Annexes, summary of 62–7
    • bilateral sir services agreements 25
    • defining security 235–6, 272–3
    • extent of application 4, 160, 299, 300, 389
    • Five Freedoms Agreement 24–5, 59
    • freedoms of the air 24–5, 58–9
    • importance of 5, 13, 19
    • open skies agreements 25–6
    • 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, 38–48
    • 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 204–5
  • commanders
  • commercial and economic regulation of aviation
    • ASEAN market, liberalization of 26, 79–80
    • bilateral air service agreements 16, 24–5, 74, 78
    • environmental protection 62, 66, 347
    • liberalization of air services 74
    • multilateral 18, 24, 57, 73–4
    • open skies agreements 26, 74, 77–80, 226
  • commercial law
    • aviation as commercial enterprise 185
    • business structures 185–6
    • carriage by air
      • air consignment notes 212
      • contracts 212–13
      • Incoterms 197–8
      • limited liability 187–8
      • ownership of goods 187, 198
      • terminology 208
    • competition law 185
    • corporations
      • as acting through their people 187
      • agency problem 195–6
      • boards of directors 188–9, 194–6
      • constitutional documents 195
      • different countries, law in 195
      • directors of 187–9
      • limited liability 188–9, 193
      • partly paid shares 193
      • popularity of 188
      • private/public 188–9, 291
      • as separate legal entities 188
      • shares and shareholders 193–6
      • veil of incorporation 190
    • extraterritorial effect 204
    • insurance 185, 198, 207–9
    • leasing of aircraft 30, 205–9
    • partnerships 186–8
    • role of 291, 300, 339
    • sole proprietors 186–7
    • strategic alliances 199–200
  • 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, 358–62
  • common law systems
    • adversarial procedure of 46, 176–8, 244
    • compared to civil law 44, 47, 134
    • contract law 89–135
    • countries with 44–8
    • judge’s role 47
    • origin of 48
    • precedent, doctrine of 46
    • written contracts 94–5
  • companies see corporations
  • compensation under tort law 30, 129

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  • competition law 34, 60, 173–5, 185–209
  • concession companies 300, 303
  • Configuration Deviation List (CDL) 246
  • conflict of interest 43, 196
  • consensus ad idem 91, 100
  • consideration
    • adequacy 113–14
    • 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) 318–19
  • constitutional documents 195
  • construction of aircraft
    • certification process 235, 245
    • development and testing 75, 243, 257, 264
    • individual certificates of airworthiness 245, 254–5
    • products and parts 75, 260, 266
    • rules and conditions, establishing 262
    • type-certificates 260
  • continuing airworthiness 253–6, 260, 267
  • contracted services, safety accountability of 339, 340
  • contract law
    • adhesion contracts 94
    • agreement
      • acceptance of offer 100–12
      • advertisements 96, 102
      • auctions 104
      • consensus ad idem 91, 100
      • invitation to treat 101–4
      • letters of intent 107–8, 111
      • silence as non-acceptance 107–8
      • tenders 104–5, 107
      • termination of an offer 105
      • withdrawal from negotiation 107–8, 111
    • air carriage 89–90
    • aleatory contracts 97
    • bilateral contracts 95
    • breach of contract 99, 102–3, 107
    • captain and aircrew liability 239, 242, 388
    • carriage by air 211–19
    • cause illicite 97
    • cause or causa 96, 115–16
    • civil/common law systems 91–5
    • consent to 98
    • consideration 95, 98, 113–15
    • 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 91–3, 98
    • force majeure 123
    • frustration doctrine 123
    • insurance 186, 207–9
    • intention to create legal relations 98–9
    • legal capacity of parties 89, 98, 118
    • misrepresentation 96, 120
    • mistakes 121
    • offers 105–12
    • performance of contracts 97, 98
    • remedies 90, 124, 125
    • simple/formal contracts 95, 197
    • unconscionable conduct 115, 122–3
    • understanding of, need for 89
    • undue influence 96, 98, 122
    • unenforceable contracts 96, 113, 114
    • unilateral contracts 95–6, 103
    • universal application of 38, 334
    • unjust enrichment 117
    • validity of a contract 96–7, 118
    • voidable contracts 118, 190
    • void contracts 97, 116
    • written/verbal contracts 94, 156, 243
  • contracts of employment 90, 152–5, 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) 270–1
  • 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) 21–2
    • accident investigation 329
    • agenda and objectives 23, 56
    • airlines development 226–7
    • airport security 276
    • air traffic management 297, 307, 309–19
    • 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 24–5, 58
    • importance of 19
    • open skies agreements 6, 25–6, 74, 77–80
    • operational control 249–50
    • opposing positions 23
    • principal parties to 22
    • ratification of 13, 16, 29, 57, 225
    • security standards 269
    • sovereignty 11–15
    • 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, 20–1
  • conventions
  • corporate criminal liability 174–6
  • corporate social responsibility (CSR) 354
  • corporations
    • accountable managers 229, 339–40
    • as acting through their people 229
    • agency problem 195
    • boards of directors 194–6
    • constitutional documents 195
    • different countries, law in 195
    • directors of 195–6
    • legal capacity of 188–9
    • limited liability 188, 193, 212–14
    • partly paid shares 193
    • popularity of 188–9
    • private/public 189–90, 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 108–9
  • criminal law
    • actus reus 172, 174
    • adversarial systems 46, 176–8
    • age of responsibility 173
    • bail 177–8
    • classification of crimes 169
    • crime defined 167
    • criminal process 176–80, 177
    • criminalization of accidents 179–82
    • defences to aviation offences 170–1
    • domestic law 172
    • double jeopardy 171, 203
    • elements of a crime 172
    • fear of criminalization 169
    • felonies 170, 178
    • homicide 175–6, 182
    • imprisonment 131–2
    • indictable offences 170, 175
    • inquisitorial systems 47, 177
    • international law 167
    • investigation of crimes 177–9
    • juries 177–9
    • just culture 168
    • liability 143–9
    • absolute 175
    • corporate 174–5
    • strict 144–7
    • variety in approaches to 168
  • mens rea 172–3
  • misdemeanours 170
  • negligence 120, 132–8
  • penalties 179
  • plea bargaining 178
  • presumption of innocence 170–1
  • pre-trial proceedings 177–8
  • prosecution 171, 177
  • sources of 171–2
  • standard of proof 171
  • summary offences 169–70
  • trials 176–7
  • Daley, B. 250
  • Dam, C.V. 136
  • damages
  • dangerous goods, transport of 62, 64, 67
  • debt financing 206–7
  • Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment 360
  • definitions and terminology 15, 33–5
  • delictual liability 98, 111
  • deregulation
    • of air services 81
    • in the US 313–14
  • 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 246–7, 328, 417
  • directors 70, 175
  • dirigibles 10
  • discharged contracts 98, 123
  • Doganis, R. 200
  • domestic aviation law 18–19, 27, 32–3
  • Donoghue v Stevenson 135
  • double eagle balloon 6
  • double jeopardy 171, 203, 407
  • drones see Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)
  • duress in contract law 120–2
  • Dusseldorf Airport case 301
  • duty of care 135–8, 143, 144
  • ecologically sustainable development (ESD) 359
  • e-commerce 90, 197
  • economic regulation
    • agreements as necessary 73–4
    • of airports 302–4
    • ASEAN market, liberalization of 80–1
    • bilateral air service agreements 74, 81
    • environmental protection 84, 351
    • liberalization of air services 77–80
    • multilateral 74, 88
    • open skies agreements 67, 70–3

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  • Ecuador v Columbia (Aerial Herbicide Spraying Case) 146
  • Edwards v Skyways Ltd 99
  • electric-powered aircraft 323, 328, 351–5
  • emergency response plans (ERPs) 282
  • emissions
  • employees
    • and employment law 146
    • liability for 151–5
  • employers, obligations on 156
  • employment law
    • agency relationships 154–5
    • centrality of work 157
    • codification, high degree of 155, 158
    • contemporary issues in aviation 160–2
    • contracts of employment 156–8
    • contractual basis of 156
    • Council Directive 2000/79/EC 27 Nov 2000 157
    • employees 153–4
    • employers, obligations on 156–7
    • French 153, 159
    • hours of work 157–8
    • independent contractors 154
    • industrial action and disputes 162–3
    • inequality of employment relationship 153
    • licensing requirements 162
    • main goals of 151
    • principals 162
    • retirement age of pilots 161–2
    • termination of employment 159–61
    • unfair dismissal 159–60
    • vicarious liability 146, 155
    • workplace relationships 152–3
  • engine emissions see emissions
  • environmental protection
    • air traffic management 327, 353–5
    • assimilative capacity approach 357
    • balance in tools used for regulation 43
    • cap and trade system 346
    • carbon accreditation scheme 365–6
    • carbon emissions 318–19, 347–50
    • Constant Descent Approach (CDA) 318–19
    • 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, 351–5
    • emissions trading 352
    • environment defined 347
    • greenhouse gas reporting 347–54
    • Group on International Aviation and Climate Change (GIACC) 365–6
    • Hydrogen and hybrid propulsion 371–3
    • ICAO, role of 7–8, 62, 66. 362–3
    • initiatives to minimize emissions 347, 350
    • international law
      • agreements and conventions 360
      • central principles 353
      • common but differentiated responsibility 353, 356–60
      • developed/developing nations 341
      • permanent sovereignty over natural resources 348, 353
      • precautionary principle 356–7
      • sustainable development 359–60
    • intragenerational/intergenerational equity 353, 355–6
    • Kyoto Protocol 347–50, 360–4
    • motivation for 349
    • noise certification 62, 85–7, 266–7
    • noise pollution 85, 348–9, 358
    • Paris Agreement 348, 363–4
    • pollution taxation 353
    • regulation of 66, 73
    • regulatory motivation 2, 7, 266
    • Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 357
      • sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) 8, 369–71
      • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 1992 84, 348, 356–63
  • 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, 321–2
  • European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
  • European Union (EU)
  • exclusive dealing 203–4
  • executed contracts 98
  • executory contracts 91–3
  • express parcels system 234
  • express terms 94, 100, 105–8
  • 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, 143–6, 146, 168
  • fausse cause 116
  • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (USA)
    • airport operations 276, 278, 293, 296, 303–4
    • certification of airports 278, 292–3
    • economic regulation of airports 258, 277
    • Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) 324
    • security provisions 276–8, 283
  • Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) 77, 238, 257, 289, 296
  • felonies 170
  • fiduciary duty of directors 188, 195–6
    • debt financing 206–7
    • difficulties with 206
    • leasing of aircraft 206–9
  • First World War 7, 12–14, 20–6
  • Fisher, D. 349, 356, 359
  • Five Freedoms Agreement 24, 59
  • flight attendants 89, 155, 236, 242
  • flight operations 216, 226–7, 230, 233–64
  • flights, classification of 174, 316–17
  • Flying in the Face of Criminalization (Michaelides-Mateou and Mateou) 167–8, 169, 179–82
  • 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 131–2, 179
  • freedom of the air 9–11, 22–5
  • freedom of the seas 55
  • freedoms of the air 58
  • freight airlines 185, 199, 202–3, 211–12
  • French, D. 359
  • frustration doctrine in contract law 123
  • Fuerschbach v Southwest Airlines 131–2
  • Germanic Code 47
  • Gilbert, M. 175
  • Global Air Traffic Management Operational Concept (GATMOC) 82, 326
  • global alliances 52, 78, 199–200, 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 347–8, 352–5
  • greenhouse gases
    • Kyoto Protocol 347–8, 350, 359–64
    • reporting 354
    • Grosse v Purvis 142
    • Grotius, Hugo 55
    • Group on International Aviation and Climate Change (GIACC) 365
    • Guille v Swan 5–6
  • Hague Convention 1970 270–1
  • Haley v London Electricity Board 137
  • Hallock v Trans World Airlines Inc. 154–5
  • Hartford Fire v California 204–5
  • hazards defined 330, 333–4, 337
  • Heinrich v European Commission 281
  • hydrogen and hybrid powered aircraft 371–3
  • history
    • first powered flights 10, 310, 372
    • first regulation 7–9
    • freedom of the air 9–10
    • hot air balloons
      • early flights 2–7
      • regulation of 2–3
  • HL Bolton (Engineering) Co Ltd v TJ Graham & Sons Ltd 189
  • Hoffman-La Roche Ltd v Empagran SA 205
  • homicide 175–6, 182
  • honour, reputation and privacy, protection of 142
  • hot air balloons
    • double eagle balloon 6
    • early 2–3
    • early regulation 2–3
  • hours of work 151, 156–8
  • Husserl v Swissair 147
  • illicit cause 97, 116–17
  • implied terms 94, 101, 106, 110, 112, 156–7
  • imprisonment 131–2, 170, 179
  • incapacity, legal 118–19
  • incident investigation 62, 65, 68, 275–6, 331–46
  • Incoterms 197–8
  • independent contractors 152–4
  • indictable offences 170, 175
  • industrial action and disputes 163
  • inequality of employment relationship 155
  • information services 62, 65–6
  • innocent misrepresentation 96
  • inquisitorial systems 47–8, 176–9
  • Institute of International Law 10
  • instrument flight rules (IFRs) 316, 387
  • insurance 207–9
  • Intelligence Reform and Provision Act 2004 (USA) 279
  • intention to create legal relations 91, 98–9
  • Inter-Allied Aeronautical Commission 20–2
  • intergenerational equity 356
  • International Air Services Transit (Two Freedoms) agreement 25, 74

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  • International Air Transport Association (IATA) 16, 20, 27, 72–3
    • bilateral air service agreements 25, 73–4, 81
    • mission and goals 73
  • international aviation law
    • current context 5–9
    • reasons for studying xii, 4
    • structure of 18, 31, 32
  • International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
    • airport charges 273, 282, 285, 300–4
    • air traffic management 259, 275–6, 296–7
    • airworthiness policy 62, 245–8, 254–68
    • Aviation Security (AVSEC) panel 275, 286
    • bilateral air service agreements 16, 25, 73–4
    • Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) 66, 365
    • criminal action, pursuit of 167–9
    • defining security 235, 272, 278
    • development of standards 8, 52, 61
    • environmental protection 62, 287, 333, 357–9
    • environmental regulation 84
    • flight operations 215, 226–7
    • Global Aviation Information Network (GAIN) 337
    • Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP) 337
    • Group on International aviation and Climate Change (GIACC) 365
    • international specifications 61–2, 64, 292
    • noise pollution 352, 372
    • objectives 23, 28, 60–7
    • operational control 356, 249–52
    • privatization of airport operations 301
    • regional planning 68, 71
    • role of 21–3
    • safety as business function 249, 330–1, 335–6
    • safety management systems 319–20
    • safety standards 52, 57, 272–96
    • security standards 269–84
    • standards and recommended practices 8, 62, 66–9, 227, 235
    • state safety programme 61, 67–8, 245
    • Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) 68–71, 338
  • international commercial terms (Incoterms) 197–8
  • international personality 15
  • intoxicated persons, legal capacity of 118–19
  • intragenerational equity 356–7
  • investigation of crimes 169, 177–9, 275
  • invitation to treat 101–4, 108–10
  • jet aircraft and increase in accidents 312
  • joint stock companies 191
  • judges
    • civil law systems 44, 46–8
    • common law systems 44, 46–8
  • jura novit curia principle 48
  • juries 177–9
  • jurisdiction and contract law 90–1, 152–3
  • just culture 168, 179, 287
  • Kotaite, Assad 28, 61
  • Kyoto Protocol 247–50, 259–64
  • labour law see employment law
  • laissez faire 92
  • land, protection of 139–40
  • land use planning 66
  • Larsen, N. 175
  • law, defined 34, 43–4
  • law of aviation
    • deviation from in extraordinary situations 40
    • early 2–5, 19, 22, 56
    • first instance of 3–4
    • growth of 8
    • objective of 24, 28, 52
    • and practitioners 38
  • leasing of aircraft 205–9
  • 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 37–41
    • common law systems 40–8
    • diversity of 39, 43–4
    • elements of 33, 98
    • law defined 34, 43–4
    • private and public law 49–50
    • role of 23, 46–8
    • rule of law 33–4, 39
    • substantive and procedural law 49–50
    • 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 107–8, 111
  • liability

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  • licensing of personnel 62–3, 68, 70, 163
  • life and limb, protection of 131
  • limited liability 27, 193, 212–14
  • Liszt, Franz von 11
  • Lockerbie bombing 273, 276–7
  • low-cost carriers (LCCs) 3, 26, 233
  • Luftverkehssgesetz (Air Traffic Act) (Germany) 145
  • maintenance 253; see also airworthiness
    • safety responsibilities 260, 340
  • manslaughter, corporate 174–5, 176, 159
  • manufacturer’s liability in aviation 148–9
  • manufacturing of aircraft, certification process
    • for decision to go ahead 262, 264
    • individual certificates of airworthiness 64, 254–6, 260–3, 265–6
    • products and parts 75, 260, 266
    • rules and conditions, establishing 262, 311
    • Type Certificates 259, 265–6
  • Maritime Security Act 2002 (USA) 278–9
  • market power, position of 201–2, 304
  • Marsh, P.D.V. 91, 96, 97, 108–10, 112, 116, 120, 121
  • Martin, P. 8
  • Master Minimum Equipment Lists (MMEL) 245, 247–8
  • Mateou, A. 167–9, 175, 179–82
  • Matte, N. 33
  • Maynard v Stinson Aircraft Corp. 148
  • McNeill v Palmer 241
  • mens rea 172–3
  • meteorological services 62–3, 68
  • Michaelides-Mateou, S. 167–9, 175, 179–82
  • Minimum Equipment Lists (MEL) 235, 264
  • minors, legal capacity of 118–19
  • misdemeanours 170
  • misrepresentation 96, 120
  • mistakes in contract law 121–2
  • Montagnier, Case of 143–4
  • Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne 2, 3
  • Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel 2, 3
  • Montreal Convention 1971 270–1
  • Montreal Convention 1999 19, 27, 28–9, 146, 211, 213–15
  • movable property 139
  • Moyer v Martin Marietta Corp. 149–50
  • Napoleonic Code 47
  • national carriers, phasing-out of 80
  • national sovereignty see sovereignty
  • natural resources, permanent sovereignty over 356, 358–9
  • negligence
    • adequate cause 138
    • breach of duty test 133–4
    • criminal 130, 147, 167
    • defined 144
    • determining breach of duty 135–6
    • in different legal systems 52, 130, 133
    • duty of care 120, 130, 132–8
    • foreseeability 138–9
    • Good Samaritan principle 139
    • Neighbour principle 135, 240
    • objective test 133–4
    • precautionary measures 136–8
    • 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, 84–7, 129, 252, 268, 247–9, 365, 369–71
  • Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) 324, 328
  • Nichols v Simmonds, Royal Aero Club of Western Australia and Commonwealth 132–3
  • no-fault liability 27, 123
  • noise certification 66, 86, 266
  • noise pollution 129, 352, 372
  • normalization of deviance 41–2
  • nuisance 129, 140–2
  • objective test 133–4
  • offers
  • oil price crisis in 1970s 202
  • onboard security 280
  • open skies agreements 25–6, 58, 74, 77–80
  • operating leases 206
  • operational certification 254–5, 260, 266–7
  • operational control 235, 249–50
  • operation of aircraft 60–6
  • operations managers, responsibilities of 229, 243, 329, 339
  • ownership and control test 24
  • ownership of airports 212, 300–1
  • parcels system, express 234
  • Paris v Stepney Borough Council 137
  • Paris Convention 1919 12–13, 19–24, 26
  • Paris International Air Navigation Conference 1910 12
  • partly paid shares 193
  • partnerships 186–8
  • Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) programme 303
  • passengers and baggage screening 273, 276–90
  • penalties 33, 179
  • performance of contracts 95–8, 103, 114–15
  • permanent sovereignty over natural resources 356
  • personality rights of the individual 142–3

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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 101–2
  • pilots
  • plea bargaining 178
  • pollution see also environmental protection
  • practitioners, aviation
    • and the law 38–42
    • and legal systems 38–42
    • pre-screening of passengers 283
  • precautionary measures 136–8
  • precautionary principle 356
  • precedent, doctrine of 172
  • predatory pricing 203
  • presumption of innocence 170–1
  • pre-trial proceedings 177–8
  • price and validity of a contract 96–7
  • Prigge and others v Deutsche Lufthansa AG 161–2
  • principals 154
  • principle place of business test 153
  • private and public law 49–50
  • private international aviation law
  • privatization of airport operations 291, 300–2
  • privity, doctrine of 114–15, 135, 152
  • probability of injury 137, 318
  • procedural and substantive law 59, 51
  • product liability in aviation 144, 148–9
  • prohibited items 280–2
  • promissory estoppel doctrine 113–15
  • property, movable/immovable 139–41, 144
  • property, protection of
  • proprietary law
    • aviation law as evolving from 5–6, 10
  • prosecution 168–9, 171–4
  • Provisional International Civil aviation Organization (PICAO) 55
  • public and private law 26, 50–1
  • public international aviation law
    • Chicago Convention 4, 8, 14–25
    • defined 21–2
    • early developments 2, 5
    • Paris Convention 19–26
  • Public Trustee v Commonwealth 147–8
  • public utility of defendant’s conduct 138
  • punitive damages 147
  • Qantas airways airbus A380 engine failure 40–1
  • Qantas Airways Ltd v Cameron 138
  • Qantas Airways Ltd v Christie 162–3
  • ratification of conventions 16, 19, 57
  • reason model of organizational conditions 343
  • reasonable person test 133–4, 139
  • recommended practices see Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS)
  • regional airlines 233
  • Regional Conference on Aviation Security 2011 271–2
  • registration marks 62, 64
  • regulation of aviation
    • accident investigation 68, 70, 275–6, 329, 338
    • aeronautical charts 62–3, 241
    • air traffic services 58–67
    • airworthiness certification 75, 235, 245, 253, 255–67
    • Chicago Convention 1944 14–15, 19–23
      • Annexes summary 62–7
      • ASEAN market, liberalization of 79–81
      • bilateral air service agreements 73–4, 78, 81
      • commercial and economic 73
      • environmental protection 62, 66, 347, 348–50
      • EU-USA open skies agreement 74, 77–8
      • liberalization of air services 77–8, 79–81
      • multilateral 21, 24, 57–8
      • open skies agreements 25–6, 58, 74, 77–80
    • conventions, role of 74
    • dangerous goods, transport of 62, 64, 230
    • divergent views on 56
    • environmental protection 62, 66, 89, 357–61
    • environmental regulation 34, 84–7
    • essentials elements 56
    • European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 71, 74–9
    • facilitation for passengers and aircrew 64–5
    • information services 62, 66–70
    • International Air Transport Association (IATA) 72–3
    • International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
      • international specifications 61–2, 64, 68
      • objectives 61–2
      • regional planning 68, 71
      • role of 71
      • safety standards 52–3
      • standardization 68
      • Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) 68–9, 70–1, 338
      • licensing of personnel 62–3, 68, 70, 163
      • meteorological services 62
      • operation of aircraft 26, 38, 63, 68, 72
      • safety and technical 57–64
    • 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 124–5, 127
  • Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)
    • airspace and 317, 379, 387–90
    • applications 81–2, 375, 379–80
    • Asia-Pacific RPAS Consortium ix, 390
    • autonomous systems 82, 382, 386, 388–9
    • Chicago Convention 83
    • definition of 386–8
    • development of 82
    • five ‘A’ attributes of 378
    • GATMOC and 82
    • global worth of 369
    • ICAO RPAS Manual (RPASM) 387–9
    • 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 142–3
  • retirement age of pilots 161–2
  • 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 319–20
    • airport operations 259, 281–4
    • air traffic management 296–7, 307, 309
    • as business function 330–1, 335–6
    • contemporary approach to 248, 291, 231–2
    • contracted services, accountability of 340
    • defined 329–30
    • emergency response plans (ERPs) 282
    • Global Aviation Information Network (GAIN) 337
    • Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP) 70, 336–7
    • hazards defined 329–30
    • ICAO approach to 248, 288
    • ICAO standards 57, 60–2, 76–7, 82–3, 85–6
    • ICAO state safety programme 335–6
    • as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP) principle 335
    • management accountability 228, 339
    • management systems 283–4, 293–7
    • operator’s responsibilities 294–5, 297, 339
    • reduction of accidents 331–2, 334
    • regulation 55, 302–3
    • risk defined 329–30, 333–4
    • Safety Management Systems (SMS) 61, 283–4, 319
    • terminology 334–5
    • Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) 68–71, 338
  • Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd 190–2
  • Santos-Dumont, Alberto 10
  • Schacht case 142
  • scheduled carriers 26, 231–2
  • Schlesinger, R.D. 47
  • screening of passengers and baggage 273, 276–8, 281–5, 289–90
  • Search and Rescue (SAR) services 65, 68
  • Second World War 13, 22, 58, 231, 275–6
  • security
    • aircraft entry and departure 275, 280
    • and airlines 274–8
    • airports 271–9
    • body scanners 286
    • cargo 272, 280–1, 284
    • defined 272–3
    • development of standards 269–79
    • emergency response plans (ERPs) 276
    • EU regulation 300/2008 278–9
    • future challenges 288–9
    • implementation of standards 274–8
    • integrated holistic approach 288
    • international standards 256
    • Lockerbie bombing 273, 276–7
    • onboard 280, 385
    • post 9/11 274, 277–8
    • prohibited items 281–2
    • 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 68–70, 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) 204–5
  • shoe-bombing incident 283
  • silence as non-acceptance 107–8
  • simple/formal contracts 89, 95
  • Single European Sky (SES) 318–23
  • Smandych, R. 175

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  • Soc. des Eaux de Vittel v Soc. Supermag Rennes GP 109
  • sole proprietors 186–7
  • 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 24–5
      • Five Freedoms Agreement 24, 73–4, 78, 81
      • freedoms of the air 24–5, 58–9
      • importance of 7–8, 12–13
      • open skies agreements 25–6, 74, 77–9
      • opposing positions 23
      • principal parties to 22
      • sovereignty 11, 21–4
      • Two Freedoms agreement 24–5, 59, 74
    • definitions and terminology 15
    • domestic aviation law 5–7, 12–13
    • early developments 2–3
    • Montreal Convention 1999 27–9, 146, 211, 214
    • private international aviation law 18–19, 26
    • public international aviation law 18–19, 20
    • structure of international aviation law 18
    • Warsaw Convention 1929 27–30
  • sovereignty
    • Convention on International Civil Aviation 1944 5, 11–14, 16, 21–4
    • early international conventions 3–4
    • early regulation 2–3
    • extraterritorial effect 204–5
    • First World War 7, 12–14, 20–2
    • importance of concept 13
    • as keystone of aviation law 6
    • permanent sovereignty over natural resources 356–7
  • Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 215, 222, 414
  • specifications, international 62, 64, 68
  • spray drift claims 145–6
  • 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, 335–6
  • state sovereignty see sovereignty
  • Stockholm Declaration 360
  • strategic alliances 199–200
  • strict liability 27–9, 98, 171–4
  • structure of international aviation law 2, 18, 31–2
  • structures, business 185–6
  • substantive and procedural law 49
  • summary offences 169–70
  • sustainable development 85, 359
  • tariffs 232
  • technical regulation 52, 63, 76, 77
  • technology
    • Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) 324
    • security 269–90
  • telecommunication standards 62, 65
  • Telstra Corporation v Hornsby Shire Council 357
  • tenders 104–5, 107
  • termination of an offer 105, 109–10
  • termination of employment ,159–61
  • 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) 278–9, 282–3
  • trespass 5–6, 130–1, 140–3
  • trials 176–80
  • Two Freedoms Agreement 25, 59, 74
  • Type Certificates 75, 86, 235, 245–7
  • UAS International 82, 376, 378–90
  • unconscionable conduct in contract law 115
  • undue influence in contract law 96, 98, 122
  • unenforceable contracts 96, 116–17
  • unfair dismissal 159–60
  • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 1992 356, 358–60
  • uniformity in regulation of aviation 6, 70, 76–7
  • unilateral contracts 95–6
  • United States
    • Air Traffic Management (ATM) 259, 311–12
    • Air Transport Oversight System (ATOS) 248
    • airport operations 276, 285, 303–4
    • airport security 276, 285, 289
    • certification of airports 259, 278, 293, 314
    • deregulation 313–14
    • early regulation 230–1
    • economic regulation of airports 302–4, 313
    • environmental protection 66, 357–65
    • flight operations 227, 234–8
    • Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvement Act (FTAIA) 204–5
    • open skies agreement with EU 25–6, 77–9
    • Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) programme 303
    • security 272–6, 285, 289
    • Sherman Act 204–5
  • United States of America v Abdulmutallab 285–6
  • United States v Causby 140–1
  • units of measurement for operations 62, 64
  • Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) 68–71, 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 96–7
  • veil of incorporation 190
  • Venturini, A. 300
  • verbal/written contracts 94–5
  • vertical integration 203, 307, 374
  • vicarious liability 146, 155–6
  • visual flight rules (VFRs) 310–11, 316–17
  • voidable contracts 96, 118, 190
  • void contracts 96–7, 116–18
  • volcanic ash incident, British airways 40
  • Vranken, M. 97, 153, 160
  • war
    • first prohibition of aerial 9
    • First World War 7, 13–14, 120–2
    • Second World War 13–14, 22, 58
    • use of aircraft in 7–13
  • Warsaw Convention 1929 26–8, 90, 211–13
  • Werfelman, I. 174, 178
  • Will Airships Change Our Laws? (Baldwin) 11
  • willful misconduct 27, 147, 214
  • withdrawal from negotiation 107–8, 111
  • work see employment law
  • working hours 110, 157–8
  • Wright, Orville 10
  • Wright, Wilbur 10
  • written/verbal contracts 94–5, 156
  • Zeppelin, Ferdinand Von, Count 10
  • Zero Emissions Target 2050 2, 84–7, 129, 252, 268, 247–9, 365, 369–71

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