Public International Air Law

Description

The course in Public International Air Law examines the relevant principles and rules of international law that affect the use of air space and aeronautics. The following topics are reviewed:

Course plan 2010: Syllabus ASPL633 2010 (Armand de Mestral) [.doc]

• sources of international air law;
• the relevant international aviation organizations and their law-making functions;
• the law-making institutions and processes affecting the regime of air space and international air navigational and air transport;
• the legal regime of the national and international air space;
• the international standards and recommended practices regulating safety, security, air navigation, airports, and the environment;
• aircraft accident investigation;
• the concept of civil and state aircraft;
• State certification and licensing of aircraft and airmen under international standards;
• the exchange of air traffic rights; and
• dispute resolution.

• Evaluation: Take-home examination. See the SAO's Current courses & registration information page, from which the latest exam schedules can be downloaded.
• Language of Instruction: English

Additional materials

Unmanned Aircraft Systems: US and Canadian Regulatory Approaches [.pdf]

ICAO/CERG Warsaw Air Law Conference, 5 Sep 2012, Prof. Paul Dempsey

Legal Aspects of Safety Management Systems [.pdf]

ICAO/CERG Warsaw Air Law Conference, 6 Sep 2012, Prof. Paul Dempsey

Air Navigation [.pdf]

The principal issues of air navigation law under the Chicago Convention and its Annexes.

Airport Finance [.pdf]

The revenue and tax streams that fund airport expansion, development and operations.

Air Traffic Rights [.pdf]

The categories of air traffic rights exchanged in bilateral air transport agreements.

Blacklisting: the conflict between national and international standards [.pdf]

The unilateral efforts of the US and EU to blacklist aircraft, airlines and airports for safety and security deficiencies, and the conflict between such unilateral enforcement and the Chicago Convention. Also, safety oversight and audits of member States by ICAO.

The Chicago Convention [.pdf]

An overview of the principal provisions of the Chicago Convention of 1944 governing international civil aviation.

The Environment and Aviation [.pdf]

ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices governing aircraft noise and emissions.

Foreign Ownership and Cabotage [.pdf]

The legal and political issues restricting foreign ownership and cabotage in international aviation.

Government Security Responsibility [.pdf]

The responsibilities of States for the implementation of international security obligations under the Tokyo, Hague and Montreal Conventions.

ICAO: An overview [.pdf]

An overview of the structure, authority, jurisdiction and powers of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

Aviation security: the role of international law [.pdf]

The security requirements arising in international aviation under the Chicago Convention, Annex 17, the Tokyo, Hague and Montreal Conventions, the Plastic Explosives Convention, the and Bonn Declaration.

Air & Space Law Norms Governing Space Transportation [.pdf]

The functionalist and spatialist debate between Air Law and Space Law

The Legal Regime Governing Space [.pdf]

The Space Law treaties and their overlap with Air Law conventions.