Extracts from Problems of Air Law, a collection of works of the Section of air law of the Aviakhim Society of the USSR and Aviakhim RSFSR

The difficulties of developing a body of international law to govern air travel is discussed. A summary of literature and agreements is presented as well as a brief history. Air space over the poles and the legality of methods of claiming territory in the polar regions is discussed

School of Law Expands Air and Space Law Program

School unveils new certificate program for non-lawyer professional

Air and Space Law Education: Preparing for the Future in China, Indonesia, Italy and Thailand

Aerospace technology has developed rapidly within the last decade. Facing the future, there is an urgency to balance aerospace technology developments with providing sufficient human resources through education, in this context from the perspective of air and space law. From east to west, this article elaborates on air and space law education in four countries with different experiences in aerospace activities, namely China, Thailand, Indonesia, and Italy. The development of higher education in conducting such programs is essential to ensure that the national aerospace industry will never lack proper human resources from its own nationals, including professionals with specific air and space law expertise. Furthermore, higher education has a significant role in bridging the industry with recent developments and advising the government in setting up aviation and space policies, as in the successful case of China and Italy. In the end, this article provides policy recommendations on promoting air and space law in higher education

Flying Cars to Asteroid Mining: UM Prepares for Future Legal Issues

School of Law hires new directors for acclaimed air and space law progra

Book Note

The volume contains 28 essays, representing only one-third of Professor Cooper\u27s aerospace articles, but as the editor concedes,they represent areas in which his contribution was most significant.These spheres are: the history of air law; the fundamental principles of air law (notably airspace sovereignty and nationality of aircraft); and space law. In the first part, four essays serve to introduce the reader to the problems of terminology and the scope of air and space law,the economic and political basis of air power, and certain specific problems to be examined subsequently in depth. Part two, entitled Rights In Airspace: From Antiquity To The Advent Of Aircraft, is devoted solely to the origin of the maximcujus est solum and its relevance to contemporary air law. This dis-course is evaluated by Professor Vlasic as the most comprehensive study of the subject available and is a magisterial example of disciplined scholarship -an accolade shared by this reviewer

Implikasi Penggunaan Teknologi Pesawat Siluman (Stealth Fighter) dalam Kaitannya dengan Kedaulatan suatu Negara Atas Ruang Udara Wilayahnya Ditinjau Menurut Hukum Internasional

The development of technology and knowledge is one of the essential factor that gives a big impact to the development of International law. Just like the two edges blade, every development of each aspect have it: technology and knowledge or the International law it self have negative and positive impact. As we know the development of air law as one of the branch of International law study already gain enormous attention. Air law become one of the great development of International law, just like the law of sea. The existence of each states is beyond imagination before the air law was exist, with the presence of air law every states have a clear rights on airspace beyond theirs land it self. With the help of technology development, the control of air space is rely on radar technology (Radio Detection and Ranging). Radar system is using the electromagnetic pulse to detect, measure the distance and mapping the object such as aircraft position, land vehicle shape and the climate/weather changes information. As far as we can see radar technology is used as the detector to possibly illegal infiltrator aircraft to a state air space. But the development of technology aircraft give a born to a new technology, this new technology will be the antigen or opposing side of radar technology. This new technology is: Stealth Fighter system, Stealth fighter is one of the best development of military technology. Stealth fighter have ability to disappear from the detection of radar. Stealth fighter very ideal when it's used to infiltrate an area of the state without noticeable. The presents of this technology give a threat to the air space jurisdiction of the state. In order to keep the existence of airlaw, must be there a regulation about stealth fighter it self

China Working Group: China, Space, and Strategy

Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Air University Keystone, Colorado, June 2007 Chinese advances in its space program in recent years has led to a growing international interest in the implications of Chinese programs in the civil, military, and commercial space sectors. This workshop, sponsored by the United States (U.S.) Air Force Academy Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies and the Air University School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, brought together a community of experts and policy-makers to discuss the implications of current and future Chinese space developments on space policy and law, in particular the Chinese anti-satellite (ASAT) test conducted in January 2007

Penegakan Hukum Di Perbatasan Wilayah Udara Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia

Each country has sovereignty intact and filled up the air space above its territory, while the border region of the country air stretched over land and over the territorial waters. This research aims to find out how the nature of the regulation concerning the national sovereignty of air space as well as the implementation of law enforcement on the border violations in the Indonesian national airspace by foreign aircraft. The results of this paper are: That the sovereignty of air space is political independence of any state that can not be contested, so that all activities across borders another country must obtain permission from the relevant country. Law enforcement against violations of national airspace on the border of Indonesia conducted by foreign aircraft can not be completed because of the limitations of the main tool air weapons systems

Fifty Years of Space Law: Basic Decisions and Future Challenges

Space Law is often described as a collection of more or less amusing and unrealistic rules. For society, outer space is more of an imaginary sphere than a concrete space of Public International Law. That is why it is an ambitious project to explain that the international community of States has created a legal order for exploring and using outer space by concluding a binding international treaty. With a duration of 50 years, the Outer Space Treaty is in an advanced age. This special anniversary represents good reason to evaluate basic decisions and to predict future challenges of this modern part of Public International Law. The article explores the recent developments in Space Law and seeks to verify its status within International Law. Comparable to the Law of the Sea, Air Law, and currently Cyber Law, Space Law is the expectable international legal reaction to the fact that flights into outer space became possible, calling for a system of ordering. Together with the space-oriented fields of law mentioned above, Space Law is part of an emerging new International Law of Spaces