Tag: Aviation Law

Aviation Law in Space LawThe flights of unmanned and manned space vehicles that began in 1957 highlighted the necessity for some legal recognition of spacecraft and activities in space. The UN appointed a Committee for Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in 1959. Its 1967 Outer Space Treaty codifi…

Aviation Law in International LawThe importance of modern aviation was recognized during World War II, when a conference was convened in Chicago in 1944 to discuss regulation of postwar international civil aviation. The resulting Chicago Convention of 1944 codified public international avia…

Aviation Law in National LawAll countries have aviation legislation designed to conform to the international rules. In the United States, domestic law is embodied in the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and the resulting federal aviation regulations. The Department of Transportation assumed som…