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 |
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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. |