Airlines in Canada and the United States of America desiring to purchase commercial aircraft are confronted today with serious legal and financial problems. In general, the financial problems in both countries are related to the fact that the cost of new equipment is very high in proportion to airline earnings. The earnings of the United States trunklines for the year 1960 are estimated to be about $4 million, at the lowest point since 1949. In the face of competition and technological advances, airlines have been forced to re-equip their fleets with jets and turbo-prop aircraft.

Depuis toujours, l'homme a envié la facilité avec laquelle l'oiseau se meut dans les airs, et inlassablement il fait des recherches et des expériences qui lui permettraient d'en faire autant. A l'heure actuelle, de véritables cargos volants, pesant plus de 100 tonnes, se déplacent dans l'air à des vitesses 2 ou 3 fois supérieures a' celle du son. Mais l'avion à ailes fixes n'est pas la solution suprême que recherche l'homme, parce qu'il ne pourra jamais se libérer de certaines servitudes qui lui sont inhérentes: il est et restera esclave de la vitesse et de l'infrastructure.

The purpose of this paper is to deal with air carrier liability under Turkish Law. Certainly under usual circumstances such a study should not be a difficult one but following particularities of Turkish Civil Aviation have caused to be charged some heavy burdens on the author : [...]

As the advantages of space based systems to support global communications, data transfer, navigation and military activities have been identified and exploited through the decades, the economic and security well being of many nations has become increasingly dependent upon space. In a world of evolving threats, dependence has highlighted the vulnerability of space assets. This thesis considers the current legal framework governing outer space and whether or not the framework supports space weaponization and the use of force in space. Chapter One provides an overview of the journey into space and how the military has taken advantage of space. In Chapter Two, the international legal regime governing outer space is analyzed, and the principle of "peaceful purposes" examined. Chapter Three considers the legal authority to resort to the use of force under international law, how that law applies in the outer space environment and briefly addresses arms control restrictions in outer space. Chapter Four focuses on the future, considering the question of whether or not space weaponization and the use of force in space are inevitable developments in the evolution of uses of space or, if there are viable alternatives that will address valid security concerns while preserving space as a weapons free environment.

Thesis (LL.M.). / Written for the Institute of Air & Space Law. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2008/07/28). Includes bibliographical references.

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