Who Owns the Sky? : : The Struggle to Control Airspace from the Wright Brothers On / / Stuart Banner.

A collection of curious tales questioning the ownership of airspace and a reconstruction of a truly novel moment in the history of American law, Banner's book reminds us of the powerful and reciprocal relationship between technological innovation and the law.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2008
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (359 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
ILLUSTRATIONS --
Introduction --
ONE. A Momentous Problem --
TWO. An Aerial Territory --
THREE. The Peculiar Beauties of the Common Law --
FOUR. A Uniform Law --
FIVE. Interstate Commerce in the Air --
SIX. Landowners against the Aviation Industry --
SEVEN. The Rise and Fall of Air Law --
EIGHT. William Douglas Has the Last Word --
NINE. Sovereignty in Space --
TEN. Technological Change and Legal Change --
NOTES --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
INDEX
Summary:A collection of curious tales questioning the ownership of airspace and a reconstruction of a truly novel moment in the history of American law, Banner's book reminds us of the powerful and reciprocal relationship between technological innovation and the law.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674020498
9783110756067
9783110442205
DOI:10.4159/9780674020498
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Stuart Banner.