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M.Sc. In Air Transport Management Program › Courses › Air Law, Regulations, and Compliance Management (2015-2016)

Air Law, Regulations, and Compliance Management (2015-2016)

Course Instructors

The instructors for the course will be Prof. Paul Stephen Dempsey, Mr. Marios Seretis, and Mr. Arthur Eberg. Their bio can be seen in the links below:

Prof. Paul Stephen Dempsey
Mr. Marios Seretis
Mr. Arthur Eberg

Course Intent

This course seeks to introduce students to various issues surrounding the law and regulation of aviation and the airline business following the deregulation and liberalisation of the aviation market. It begins by examining relevant principles and rules of international law that affect the use of air space before turning attention to the national and international regulation of economic, safety, security, and environmental, matters in air transport. The liability regime governing air carriers and manufacturers are discussed, as are issues of concern to the airline business, such as competition, mergers and acquisitions, airline alliances, aircraft finance and consumer protection.

Course Format

Lecture-based course.
6 days of instruction, 36 hours of instruction.
36 modules in total

Course Schedule

You can reach the course schedule from this link.

Course Assessment

In Class - Group Presentations: Jumbo-Heavy Case Study
Individual Final Exam: An exam combining material from the entire course

Each component of a student's grade in this course will be assigned as a percentage grade (ranging from 0% to 100%). The final grade for the course will be calculated by multiplying each grade by the weight in the grading system described above.

Lecture Notes

Lecture notes can be seen in the table below:

Lecture Notes
Module 01	Challenges Facing Civil Aviation in the 21st Century
Module 02	The Chicago Convention as the Constitution of an International (Civil Aviation) Organization The Chicago Convention as a Source of International Law
Module 03	Origins of International Lawmaking: The Chicago Convention
Module 04	Environmental Law and Sustainability in International Aviation
Module 05	Market Based Measures in International Civil Aviation: Current State of the Law
Module 06	Reserved for Case Study
Module 07	Aviation Safety Regulation
Module 08	Blacklisting: The Conflict Between National and International Aviation Safety Standards
Module 09	Aviation Security I
Module 10	Aviation Security II
Module 11	Aircraft Finance and Registration of Security Interests I
Module 12	Aircraft Finance and Registration of Security Interests II
Module 13	Airline Liability for Passenger Injury, Death and Delay I
Module 14	Airline Liability for Passenger Injury, Death and Delay II
Module 15	Air Carrier Liability for Loss and Damage of Air Cargo
Module 16	Aircraft Manufacturer's Liability
Module 17 & 18	Consumer Protection Laws
Module 19	Air Carrier Regulation: The US, EU, UK and Canadian Examples
Module 20	Government and Aviation: Not Exactly a Marriage Made in Heaven
Module 21	Competition Law and the Airline Industry
Module 22	Airline Mergers, Acquisitions & Airline Alliances
Module 23	Predatory Practices & Collusion Between Airlines
Module 24	Reserved for Case Study
Module 25	Air Traffic Rights: Deregulation and Liberalization
Module 26	Liberalization, Open Skies and Beyond, Part I
Module 27	Liberalization, Open Skies and Beyond, Part II
Module 28	Liberalization, Open Skies and Beyond, Part III
Module 29	Contract Law
Module 30	Reserved for Case Study
Module 31	Air Navigation
Module 32	The Regulation of Airport Landing Slots Airport Planning & Development

Extra materials for the lecture notes can be seen in the table below:

Additional Materials
Module 11-12	Aircraft Finance Additional Materials
Module 26-28	Traffic Rights

Course Readings

Course readings can be reached from the table below:

Course Readings
Module 01	Introduction to Contemporary Issues in Aviation
Module 02	International Conventional and Customary Law
Module 02-03	The Chicago Convention 1944 The Chicago Convention
Module 03	Chicago Convention Annex II
Module 04-05	Environmental Protection How ICAO Failed to Tackle Aviation and Climate Change
Module 07-08	Safety
Module 09-10	Chicago Convention Annex 17 Convention Offences and Acts on Board Aircraft Convention Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft 1970 Convention Suppression of Unlawful Acts 1971 Protocol Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports 1988 Convention on the Making of Plastic Explosives 1991 Beijing Convention Beijing Protocol CASP-AP Draft Regulations on Aviation Security
Module 11-12	1948 Geneva Convention 2001 Cape Town Convention 2001 CTC Aircraft Protocol Ratification 2001 CTC Aircraft Protocol
Module 13-15	Warsaw Convention Montreal Convention 1999 Rome Convention 1952
Module 16	Manufacturer's Liability EU Directive of 1985 Restatement of Torts 2nd Restatement of Torts 3rd
Module 17-18	Consumer Protection Laws
Module 19-20	Licensing and Economic Regulation of Airlines
Module 19-20-25	Licensing and Economic Regulation of Airlines, Traffic Lights and ATAs
Module 21	Airline Competition Law
Module 22	2009 US DOJ Comments on BA-AA Alliance 2010 EC Comments on BA-AA Alliance 2011 EC Response to Virgin's Objections Airline Mergers and Alliances
Module 23	Predatory Pricing
Module 25	Traffic Rights and Bilateral Air Transport Agreements
Module 26-28	US-EU Agreement 2007 LACAC Multilateral MALIAT US Canada Open Skies Agreement Review US Dept State Open Skies Partnership US-EU Agreement 2010
Module 29	Contract Law I - IATA Condition of Carriage RP 1724 Contract Law I - Conditions of Contract Carriage Contract Law I - IATA Conditions of Contract and other Important Notices Contract Law I - Types of Aircraft Lease Contract Law II - MITA and Other Airline Contracts
Module 31-32	Air Navigation Service Provider Airports

Case Study and Assignments

Case study and group assignment can be seen in the table below:

Case Study
	Case Study for Air Law Course

Additional Materials

These are the materials added during the course

Extra Materials
New Module	History of Aviation
New Module	Foreign Ownership & Cabotage