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Ⅰ.HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF AIR LAW 1

1.Introductory Note 1

2.The Origin 1

3.The Autonomy of Air Law 2

4.Sources of Air Law 3

5.The Paris Convention of 1919 4

6.The Ibero-American Convention and the Pan-American Convention 5

7.Principal Organisations in Aviation 6

7.1.The 'Comite International Technique d'Experts Juridiques Aeriens'(CITEJA) 6

7.2.The 'Commission Internationale de la Navigation Aerienne'(CINA) 6

7.3.PICAO,ICAO and IATA 6

7.3.1.ICAO 7

7.3.2.IATA 7

7.4.Charter organisations 7

7.5.Other organisations 7

Ⅱ.THE CHICAGO CONVENTION OF 1944 ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION 9

1.The Preparatory Stage 9

2.The Convention 10

3.Freedom and Sovereignty 12

4.Scheduled and Non-scheduled Air Traffic 13

5.Cabotage 16

6.Airline Co-operation 17

7.Nationality 18

8.Airports 20

9.Aviation Personnel 21

9.1.The aircraft commander 22

9.2.Other personnel 24

9.2.1.Ground personnel 24

9.2.2.Flying personnel 25

10.Jurisdiction 25

11.State Aircraft 26

11.1.Red Cross aircraft 27

11.2.Other state aircraft 28

12.Measures to Facilitate Air Navigation 30

13.International Organisations(Worldwide) 30

13.1.ICAO(the International Civil Aviation Organisation) 31

13.1.1.The Assembly 31

13.1.2.The Council 31

13.1.3.The Legal Committee 32

13.1.4.The ICAO Council and the International Court of Justice 32

13.2.IATA(the International Air Transport Association) 34

13.3.Charter organisations 35

14.Regional Organisations and Agreements 35

14.1.The European Civil Aviation Conference(ECAC) 36

14.2.The Treaty of Rome(EEC Treaty) 37

14.3.Eurocontrol 38

14.4.Other regional forms of co-operation 39

15.Bilateralism 40

16.The New Aviation Policy 42

Ⅲ.THE LIABILITY OF THE CARRIER UNDER THE 'WARSAW SYSTEM' 45

1.Introductory Note 45

2.The Warsaw Convention 46

2.1.Applicability 46

2.2.Documents of carriage 49

2.2.1.The passenger ticket 49

2.2.2.The baggage check 50

2.2.3.The air waybill 52

2.3.The liability of the carrier 54

2.4.When is the carrier not liable? 54

2.5.Unlimited liability 55

2.6.The declaration of value 58

2.7.The duration of liability 58

2.8.Delay 61

2.9.Damage and compensation 63

2.10.Claims and claimants 66

2.11.Jurisdiction and fora 67

3.The Hague Protocol 68

4.The Guadalajara Convention 73

5.The Montreal Agreement of 1966 75

6.The Guatemala Protocol 77

7.The Four Montreal Protocols of 1975 79

Ⅳ.PRODUCTS LIABILITY IN AVIATION 83

1.Introductory Note 83

2.The Evolution Towards Strict Liability 84

3.Crashworthiness 88

4.Punitive Damages 90

5.Codification of Products Liability 91

Ⅴ.SURFACE DAMAGE AND COLLISIONS 93

1.Damage Caused to Third Parties on the Surface 93

1.1.Historical perspective 93

1.2.The scope of the 1952 Rome Convention and the 1978 Montreal Protocol 95

1.3.The principles and rules of liability 97

1.3.1.The principle of risk liability of the operator 97

1.3.2.The requirements of Article 1 98

1.3.3.Exoneration from liability 99

1.3.4.The limits of liability 100

1.3.5.Unlimited liability 102

1.3.6.The obligations of the operator 102

1.3.7.Persons entitled to claim 103

1.3.8.Security for the operator's liability 104

1.3.9.Jurisdiction 105

1.3.10.Limitation of actions 106

1.3.11.Execution of judgments 106

1.3.12.Final provisions 108

1.4.Damage caused by noise and sonic boom 108

2.Air Collisions 113

Ⅵ.INSURANCE 117

1.Introductory Note 117

2.History 117

3.Risk Evaluation 119

4.Types of Insurance 120

4.1.Aviation hull insurance 120

4.2.Carrier's liability insurance 122

4.3.Flying personnel insurance 124

5.Hijacking 124

6.Concluding Note 125

Ⅶ.RIGHTS IN AIRCRAFT 127

1.Precautionary Attachment of Aircraft 127

2.International Recognition of Rights in Aircraft 128

2.1.The Geneva Convention 128

2.1.1.The history of the Geneva Convention 128

2.1.2.The need for a Convention 128

2.1.3.The special characteristics of the Convention 129

2.1.4.The scope of the Convention 130

2.1.5.The definition of aircraft 131

2.1.6.The basic principles underlying the Convention 131

2.1.7.The record 132

2.1.8.The procedure for creating mortgages 133

2.1.9.Priority claims 134

2.1.10.Implied(concealed) priority claims 136

2.1.11.The attachment of an aircraft 138

2.1.12.The transfer of a registration 139

2.1.13.The spare parts 140

2.1.14.Applicable law 141

2.1.15.Aircraft under construction 142

2.1.16.Miscellaneous provisions 142

2.1.17.Concluding note 142

2.2.Leasing of aircraft 143

Ⅷ.ASSISTANCE AND SALVAGE 145

1.Introductory Note 145

2.The Brussels Convention 146

3.Search and Rescue(Chicago Convention,Article 25 and Annex 12) 147

4.Financial Aspects 149

5.Concluding Remarks 149

Ⅸ.PENAL LAW AND AVIATION 151

1.The Tokyo Convention 151

1.1.Historical perspective 151

1.1.1.The preliminaries 151

1.1.2.Several theories 152

1.1.3.Case law 153

1.2.Scope and purpose of the Tokyo Convention 154

1.3.Jurisdiction 155

1.4.Definition of the term 'in flight' 155

1.5.The powers of the aircraft commander 156

1.6.Unlawful seizure 157

1.7.The obligations of the states 157

1.8.Extradition 157

1.9.Joint and international operating agencies 158

1.10.Settlement of disputes 158

1.11.Concluding note 158

2.The Hague Convention 159

2.1.The need for a Convention 159

2.2.The scope of the Convention 160

2.3.Jurisdiction 160

2.4.Extradition 161

2.5.Miscellaneous provisions 162

2.6.Concluding note 162

3.The Montreal Convention 163

4.Concluding remarks 165

BIBLIOGRAPHY 167

INDEX 178