History of Air Law
Chapter 1.
THE HISTORY OF AVIATION LAW AND THE CHICAGO CONVENTION
1944
Introduction Today, decisions concerning international civil aviation are taken by the member states of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The JAR Aviation Law exam follows the Annexes and other documents of ICAO. These notes are designed to follow the JAR syllabus and are a precis of all of the reference material. The language may be difficult to follow because of the use made of the words SHALL and SHOULD. SHALL refers to Standards; SHOULD refers to recommended practices. These terms are explained in greater detail later.
1919 Aeronautical Commission Of the Paris Peace Conference This commission drafted legislation concerning International Air Navigation. The convention recognized that every state has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory, and provided for the innocent passage of civil aircraft of other contracting states over that state's territory. It was the recommendations made by this conference that established the need for an international body to regulate civil aviation and led to the formation of the International
Commission for Air Navigation (ICAN).
1926 Ibero-American Congress, Madrid Essentially identical to the Paris convention the aim of this congress was to link Spain and the Latin American states into an organization similar to ICAN.
1928 Pan-American Convention of Commercial Aviation, Havana Specifically tailored for the needs of the states of the Western Hemisphere. The drafting of the Havana convention envisaged the western and eastern hemispheres as separate distinct entities with no need for commonality. Lindbergh completed the first non-stop solo Atlantic flight on 20 May 1927. The day that the Havana Convention was ratified. This convention weakened the status of ICAN which was eventually superseded by ICAO.
1929 Warsaw Convention Of The Unification Of Certain Rules To International Carriage
THE HISTORY OF AVIATION LAW AND THE CHICAGO CONVENTION
1944
Introduction Today, decisions concerning international civil aviation are taken by the member states of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The JAR Aviation Law exam follows the Annexes and other documents of ICAO. These notes are designed to follow the JAR syllabus and are a precis of all of the reference material. The language may be difficult to follow because of the use made of the words SHALL and SHOULD. SHALL refers to Standards; SHOULD refers to recommended practices. These terms are explained in greater detail later.
1919 Aeronautical Commission Of the Paris Peace Conference This commission drafted legislation concerning International Air Navigation. The convention recognized that every state has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory, and provided for the innocent passage of civil aircraft of other contracting states over that state's territory. It was the recommendations made by this conference that established the need for an international body to regulate civil aviation and led to the formation of the International
Commission for Air Navigation (ICAN).
1926 Ibero-American Congress, Madrid Essentially identical to the Paris convention the aim of this congress was to link Spain and the Latin American states into an organization similar to ICAN.
1928 Pan-American Convention of Commercial Aviation, Havana Specifically tailored for the needs of the states of the Western Hemisphere. The drafting of the Havana convention envisaged the western and eastern hemispheres as separate distinct entities with no need for commonality. Lindbergh completed the first non-stop solo Atlantic flight on 20 May 1927. The day that the Havana Convention was ratified. This convention weakened the status of ICAN which was eventually superseded by ICAO.
1929 Warsaw Convention Of The Unification Of Certain Rules To International Carriage