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The progress of air law : the resolutions of the International Civil Aviation Organization / by Ruwantissa Abeyratne.

Air law is the law pertaining to the use of airspace. Over the years, it has progressed through the evolution of public and private international law, drawing principles of other branches of law such as contract law; tort law, and criminal law. At the base of air law are basic principles set out in...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Abeyratne, R. I. R. (Ruwantissa Indranath Ramya), 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Bradford, England] : Ethics International Press Ltd, 2024.
Subjects:
International Civil Aviation Organization.
Aeronautics > Law and legislation.
Aeronautics, Commercial > International cooperation.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1
  • Legal Legitimacy of ICAO Assembly Resolutions
  • Chapter 2
  • Climate Change
  • A. Sustainable Development
  • B. Global Trends
  • C. Trends For Airlines and Airports
  • D. Handling Emerging Trends With Good Governance
  • E. Are Aspirational Goals Enough?
  • F. Carbon Offsetting or Carbon Tax?
  • G. Implementing ICAO'S CORSIA
  • Chapter 3
  • CORSIA and the Carbon Debate
  • A. Introduction
  • B. A Carbon Tax
  • C. Arguments in Favour of a Carbon Tax
  • Chapter 4
  • Aviation and Climate Change
  • Developments in 2022
  • A. Introduction
  • Chapter 5
  • The Regulatory Impasse
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Some Historical Facts
  • C. Work Leading up to the 39th ICAO Assembly
  • D. Considerations of the 39th ICAO Assembly
  • E. The Assembly Resolutions
  • F. Consideration of the 40th Session of the Assembly
  • G. What ICAO Must Do
  • Chapter 6
  • Problems of Interpreting Some Contentious Resolutions Against the Chicago Convention and Its Amendments
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Interpreting the Chicago Convention
  • C. Ratification of Amendments
  • D. What Does the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Say?
  • Chapter 7
  • The Legal Resolutions
  • A. Introduction
  • B. The ICAO Legal Committee
  • C. Infractions of the Chicago Convention
  • D. Other Legal Issues
  • Chapter 8
  • Competency Framework for Civil Aviation Legal Advisers
  • A. Introduction
  • B. The Proposed Framework
  • C. The Way Forward
  • Chapter 9
  • ICAO and Private Air Law
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Compensation For Accident
  • C. Compensation For Delay
  • Chapter 10
  • ICAO and Air Transport
  • A. The Passenger
  • B. Equality of Opportunity
  • C. ICAO's Role of Leadership in Air Transport
  • Chapter 11
  • Civil and Military Aviation and Cybersecurity
  • A. Civil and Military Airspace
  • B. Addressing Cybersecurity in Civil Aviation
  • Chapter 12
  • The Human Face
  • Helping the Victims of Aviation
  • A. Resolutions of the Assembly
  • B. The Human Face
  • Conclusion

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