International Aviation and Space Law Toolbox

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The Limit of the Final Frontier....?

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Welcome to the LexisNexis International Aviation and Space Law Toolbox, the collection of our content that provides laws and legal analysis pertinent to the resolution of issues pertaining to the aviation industry and/or arising in or concerning outer space.

Aviation Law

U.S. Code, Title 49, Transportation, Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs

Convention For The Unification Of Certain Rules For International Carriage By Air

Aviation Accident Law

Goods in Transit, Chapter 50, Aviation Insurance

Department of Transportation Aviation Decisions and CAB Decisions

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

Aviation and Air Law Articles

Weigand. Accident, Exclusivity, and Passenger Disturbances Under the Warsaw Convention. 16 Am U Int'l L Rev 891, 2001.

Murphy. Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law: International Oceans, Environment, Health, and Aviation Law: Ratification of the 1999 Montreal Convention on Aviation Liability. 98 AJIL 177, January 2004.

Dempsey. International Air Cargo & Baggage Liability and the Tower of Babel. 36 Geo Wash Int'l L Rev 239, 2004.

Ortino; Jurgens. The IATA agreements and the European Regulation: the Latest Attempts in the Pursuit of a Fair and Uniform Liability Regime for International Air Transportation. 64 J Air L & Com 377, Spring 1999.

Batra. Modernization of the Warsaw System--Montreal 1999. 65 J Air L & Com 429, Summer 2000.

Heinonen. The Warsaw Convention Jurisdiction and the Internet. 65 J Air L & Com 453, Summer 2000.

De Leon; Eyskens. The Montreal Convention: Analysis of Some Aspects of the Attempted Modernization and Consolidation of the Warsaw System. 66 J Air L & Com 1155, Summer 2001.

Abeyratne. E-Commerce and the Airline Passenger. 66 J Air L & Com 1345, Fall 2001.

Karp. Mile High Assaults: Air Carrier Liability Under the Warsaw Convention. 66 J Air L & Com 1551, Fall 2001.

Rueda. The Warsaw Convention & Electronic Ticketing. 67 J Air L & Com 401, Spring 2002.

Mendelsohn; Lieux. The Warsaw Convention Article 28, the Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens, and the Foreign Plaintiff. 68 J Air L & Com 75, Winter 2003.

Moore. The World Trade Center--Terrorist Airline Destruction: Will This be the First Test of the War Between the Montreal Liability Convention's Article 21(2)(A) and 21(2)(B)? 68 J Air L & Com 699, Fall 2003.

Pradhan. The Fifth Jurisdiction Under the Montreal Liability Convention: Wandering American or Wandering Everybody? 68 J Air L & Com 717, Fall 2003.

Rodriguez-Dod. "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds": Airline Liability for Checked-in Jewelry. 69 J Air L & Com 743, Fall 2004.

Rushing; Janicki. Treatment of PostTraumatic Stress Disorder Claims Under the Warsaw Convention. 70 J Air L & Com 429, Summer 2005.

Andemariam. Does the Montreal Convention of 1999 Require That a Notice be Given to Passengers? What is the Validity of Notice of a Choice of Forum Clause Under Montreal 1999? 71 J Air L & Com 251, Spring 2006.

Savitt. Recovery for Injuries and Deaths Suffered on International Flights. 38 Tex Int'l LJ 63, Winter 2003.

Abeyratne. The Spread of Tuberculosis in the Aircraft Cabin--Issues of Air Carrier Liability. 27 Transp L J 41, Winter 2000.

Abeyratne. The Economy Class Syndrome and Air Carrier Liability. 28 Transp L J 251, Spring 2001.

Abeyratne. International Responsibility in Preventing the Spread of Communicable Diseases Through Air Carriage--The SARS Crisis. 30 Transp L J 53, Fall 2002.

Moore. The New Montreal Liability Convention, Major Changes in International Air Law: An End to the Warsaw Convention. 9 Tul J Int'l & Comp L 223, Spring 2001.

Flight International

U.N. Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town, 2001)

Space Law

Hubble Telescope Photo from NASA and STScI

A simulation of the original design of the GPS space segment, with 24 GPS satellites (4 satellites in each of 6 orbits).

The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) was established in 1958 (shortly after the launch of the Russian “Sputnik” spacecraft as an ad hoc committee. In 1959 it was formally established by United Nations Resolution 1472 (XIV). The United Nations Office for Outer Space functions as the secretariat for COPUOS.

COPUOS’ mission is "to review the scope of international cooperation in peaceful uses of outer space, to devise programmes in this field to be undertaken under United Nations auspices, to encourage continued research and the dissemination of information on outer space matters, and to study legal problems arising from the exploration of outer space."

COPUOS has two subcommittees, the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee and the Legal Subcommittee.

COPUOS oversees the implementation of the five United Nations Conventions, treaties, and agreements listed below:

United Nations Conventions

Outer Space Treaty

Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, TIAS 6347; 1967 U.S.T. LEXIS 613

Rescue Agreement

Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space, TIAS 6599, 1968 U.S.T. LEXIS 584

Liability Convention

Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects, TIAS

7762, 24 U.S.T. 2389; 1972 U.S.T. LEXIS 262

Registration Convention

Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space, TIAS 8480, 28 U.S.T. 695; 1975 U.S.T. LEXIS 552

Moon Convention

Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, TIAS 6347, 18 U.S.T. 2410; 1967 U.S.T. LEXIS 613

Space Shuttle Atlantis Landing

Other Multi-lateral or bi-lateral international treaties and agreements pertaining to space travel and uses (Search on Lexis.com for more cooperation agreements)

Space Station Agreement

Agreement concerning cooperation on the civil international space station, with annex.
01-52, 1998 U.S.T. LEXIS 212

Space Shuttle Landing Agreement

U.S. – JAPAN Space Cooperation: Shuttle Contingency Landing Sites, TIAS 9915, 32 U.S.T. 3735; 1980 U.S.T. LEXIS 273

Agreement Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes, 1987 U.S.T. LEXIS 57

Framework Agreement Between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Indian Space Research Organisation tor Cooperation in the Exploration and use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes, 2008 U.S.T. LEXIS 12

Space Shuttle Challenger awaiting Liftoff in Fog

United States Laws concerning Outer Space:

U.S. Code, TITLE 15. COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 84. COMMERCIAL SPACE COMPETITIVENESS 15 USCS § 5802

U.S. Code, TITLE 18. CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I. CRIMES
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS, § 7. Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States defined,… (6) 18 USCS § 7

U.S. Code,TITLE 35. PATENTS

PART II. PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS
CHAPTER 10. PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS, § 105. Inventions in outer space 35 USCS § 105

U.S. Code, TITLE 42. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 141. COMMERCIAL SPACE OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES 42 USCS § 14701

U.S. Code, TITLE 42. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 155. AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
OTHER PROVISIONS 42 USCS § 17821

U.S. Code, Title 49, Transportation, Subtitle IX, Commercial Space Programs

U.S. Code, Title 10, ARMED FORCES, CHAPTER 22 - NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, 10 USCS prec § 441 et seq., to 10 USCS § 467.

U.S. Code, Title 10, ARMED FORCES< C\HAP. 23 - MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES AND REPORTS, Space Cadre Management:Biennial Report, 10 USCS § 490 .