Air and Space Law : : Essays in Honour of Henri A. Wassenbergh.

• Author: Masson-Zwaan, Tanja L.
• TeilnehmendeR: Mendes de Leon, Pablo.; von der Dunk, Frans G.; van Fenema, Peter.; Haanappel, Peter P. C.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 1992.; ©1992.
• Year of Publication: 1992
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- BIOGRAPHY OF HENRI A. WASSENBERGH -- PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS OF HENRI A WASSENBERGH -- ACRONYMS &amp -- ABBREVIATIONS -- TREATIES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PART I - PUBLIC AIR LAW -- THE CHANGING FEATURES OF AVIATION POLICY IN ASIAN COUNTRIES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Different Types of Asian National Aviation Policy -- 3. Consequences of the Various Asian Aviation Policies -- 4. The Reformulation of a New Asian Aviation Policy -- 5. Conclusion -- REGULATING INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION - AN ICAO PERSPECTIVE -- 1. The Chicago Convention and ICAO -- 1.1 Implementation -- 1.2 Legal Committee -- 1.3 Ratification -- 2. New Developments -- 2.1 Global -- 2.2 Regional -- 3. Conclusions -- SUBSTANTIAL OWNERSHIP AND EFFECTIVE CONTROL AS AIRPOLITICAL CRITERIA -- AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATION, NAVIGATION AND SURVEILLANCE BY SATELLITE - TOWARDS A GLOBAL FRAMEWORK FOR CIVIL AVIATION? -- DE LEGE FERENDA: EXPLANATION AND APPLICATION TO PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL AIR LAW -- 1. The Search for the True Nature According to the Doctrine of Tao-te Ching -- 2. An Explanation for the Title of this Book -- 3. The Concept of de Lege Ferenda as Applied to Public International Air Law -- 4. Concluding Remarks -- THE FAST TRACK TO A MODERN AIR TRANSPORT POLICY -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How the Current System Operates -- 3. The Prospect for the EEC -- 4. A New Form of Agreements Required -- 5. The Traditional American Approach -- NATIONALITY OF AIRCRAFT: A VISION OF THE FUTURE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Amendment Protocol Purporting to Add Article 83 bis to the Chicago Convention -- 3. A suggestion Concerning the Registration of Aircraft -- 4. Viability of Establishing a Registration System on a Non-National Basis -- 5. Conclusions -- PART II - CRIMINAL AIR LAW.

LIABILITY OF AIRLINES FOR INJURY CAUSED BY TERRORISM -- LAW AND AVIATION SECURITY -- PART III - PRIVATE AIR LAW -- RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRANSPORTATION BY THE PASSENGER OF DANGEROUS MATERIALS BY AIR -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conduct of the Passengers and their Luggage -- 3. The Warsaw Convention -- 4. Liability problems -- 4.1 The passenger registers luggage with dangerous material in it with the intent to cause damage -- 4.2 Passengers who are aware of the dangerous material they are carrying -- 4.3 Passengers carrying dangerous material without being aware that they are violating the rules -- 5. Measures of Prevention -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix: Draft Convention on the Marking of Plastic (and Sheet) Explosives for the Purpose of Detection -- STATE SUCCESSION AND THE 1929 WARSAW CONVENTION - A CASE-STUDY -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Doctrine and State Practice -- 3. The 1978 Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties -- 4. Newly Independent States and States which Separate from the Predecessor State -- 5. The Role and Practice of Depositories -- 6. The Predicament of a Newly Independent State -- 7. The Central Problem - the Role of Acquiescence -- 8. The Specific Character of the Warsaw Convention -- 9. Conclusion -- THE ROAD FROM LISI TO CHAN - NOTICE OF THE WARSAW CONVENTION LIMITS OF LIABILITY -- YET ANOTHER LOOK AT THE WARSAW CONVENTION -- PART VI - EEC AIR LAW -- CONTRIBUTION OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EEC TREATY IN THE FIELD OF AIR TRANSPORT - PAST AND FUTURE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Record of the Court's Case Law -- 2.1 The area of application of Article 84(2) of the EEC Treaty -- 2.2 The existence of an obligation to act -- 2.3 Competition regime applicable to air transport -- 3. Legal Basis of Community Competence in External Civil Aviation Policy -- 4. Conclusion.

BILATERALISM AND MULTILATERALISM IN EEC - NON-EEC COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORT RELATIONS -- 1. Preface -- 2. Introduction -- 3. The EEC Treaty and External Aviation Relations -- 4. EEC External Aviation Relations to Date -- 5. Current Proposals for EEC External Aviation Relations -- 6. The Future of EEC External Aviation Relations: Modified Bilateralism? -- 7. The Future of EEC External Aviation Relations: Modified Multilateralism? -- 8. Conclusion -- WORK AND REST PERIODS IN AVIATION - A NEED FOR SAFETY OR A THREAT TO DEREGULATION/LIBERALISATION? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Importance of Work and Rest Periods in Aviation -- 3. Today's international and national aviation rules and regulations -- 4. The International Aviation Rules and Regulations Regarding Work and Rest Periods: the Chicago Convention -- 5. The National Aviation Rules and Regulations Regarding Work and Rest Periods: The Netherlands -- 6. The European Aviation Rules and Regulations: Draft Proposals of the European Commission Regarding Work and Rest Periods -- PART V- SPACE LAW -- NATIONALITY FOR SPACECRAFT? -- 1. Subjects and Objects of International Law -- 2. Territories and Territorial Sovereignty -- 3. The Distribution of Objects of International Law among Subjects of International Law and International Law's Major Premises -- 4. The Concept of Nationality -- 5. Nationality and the Three Types of State Jurisdiction -- 6. The Two Elements of State Jurisdiction -- 7. Space Objects and Nationality -- 8. The UN Sponsored Treaties on Space -- 9. Inconsistencies, Ambiguities and Pitfalls -- 10. Re-Thinking Required -- 11. Nationality for Space Objects -- JUS COGENS SIVE LEX FERENDA: JUS COGENDUM? -- 1. Jus Cogens and State Sovereignty: the Enigma -- 2. The Sources of International Law and Jus Cogens -- 3. The Concept of Jus Cogens: the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.

4. The Scope and Contents of Jus Cogens, Obligations Erga Omnes and the Barcelona Traction Case -- 5. Jus Cogens and International Crimes: the ILC Draft Articles on State Responsibility -- 6. Jus Cogens and Space Law -- 7. Jus Cogens and Air Law -- 8. Jus Cogens and State Sovereignty: Escape from the Circle -- FREEDOMS OF THE AIR - THE WAY TO OUTER SPACE -- THE AEROSPACE PLANE: AN OBJECT AT THE CROSS-ROADS BETWEEN AIR AND SPACE LAW -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Legal Regime for the Aerospace Plane -- 3. Analysis of the Legal Regimes for Air and Space Activities -- 3.1 General Principles -- 3.2 Registration and Marking -- 3.3 Jurisdiction -- 3.4 Transit Rights -- 3.5 Traffic Rights -- 3.6 Navigation rules -- 3.7 Persons on Board -- 3.8 Liability -- 4. Application of the Results of the Analysis to the Aerospace Plane Regime -- 4.1 The Aerospace Plane as a Space Transportation System -- 4.2 The Aerospace Plane as an Aircraft -- 5. Test-case: a Collision involving an Aerospace Plane -- 6. Concluding Remarks -- THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES IN PRESERVING PEACE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. "The Moral Equivalent of War" -- 3. Communications Satellites -- 4. Satellites for War and Peace -- 5. International Cooperation -- 6. International Cooperation: the Global Systems -- 6.1 INTELSAT -- 6.2 INTERSPUTNIK -- 6.3 INMARSAT -- 7. A Global Communications Satellite System for Peace -- 8. Satellite Television and Peace -- 9. Peace in the Global Village -- DISPUTE RESOLUTION: A PROPOSAL FOR AVOIDANCE OF LITIGATION IN THE SPACE LAW ARENA -- "OPEN SKIES": THE METAMORPHOSIS OF A CONCEPT -- 1. From Air Space to Outer Space and Back -- 2. The "Open Skies" Regime and the Legal Status of "Air Space" and "Outer Space" -- 3. The Problem of "Opening" Skies, without "Closing" Outer Space -- 4. On the Road to "Global Open Skies" -- INDEX -- TABULA GRATULATORIA.