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Commentary on a key treaty in aviation law
Comprehensive article-by-article explanations
Practical commentary coupled with in-depth scholary analysis
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (97 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Air Navigation
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book is both a repertory guide to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention) as well as a legal analysis of the provisions of the treaty. It traces action taken by the ICAO Assembly and the Council in the implementation of the Convention from the first ICAO Assembly in 1947 until 2012. Above all, the book offers a commentary on the functional and moral fabric of the Chicago Convention, which is not only a multilateral legal instrument that sets out basic principles of air navigation and air transport, but also serves as a moral compass that brings the people of the world together.
The teleological nature of the Chicago Convention is reflected from the outset – from its Preamble which sets the tone and philosophy of the Convention – that aviation builds friendship and understanding among all people, to its technical provisions that range from rules of the air to landing at airports and customs and immigration procedures. The book effectively demonstrates the Aristotelian principle – that rules make people good by forming habits in them. Standardization, or in other words, compliance, is the driver of the Convention that keeps aviation safe, regular, efficient and economical. To that end, this book traces and details the sustained relevance of the Chicago Convention and the efforts of ICAO and the international aviation community towards keeping air transport on track and ready for its future exponential growth, both in letter and in spirit.
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“The reader will find a thorough analysis, historical background and main instances of actual application both by ICAO bodies and by States … . The analysis is always solid, well documented and impressive in its encyclopedic thoroughness … . Any reader interested in international air law will find in Abeyratne’s commentary a rich source of solid scholarship and vast knowledge of the author.” (Michael Milde, ZLW Zeitschrift für Luft- und Weltraumrecht, Vol. 63 (2), 2014)Authors and Affiliations
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Montreal, Canada
Ruwantissa Abeyratne
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Convention on International Civil Aviation
Book Subtitle: A Commentary
Authors: Ruwantissa Abeyratne
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00068-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-00067-1Published: 10 September 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-03351-8Published: 19 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-00068-8Published: 04 August 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 737
Topics: Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics