Part 1 - Reflection
Aviation is a critical element to international travel and commerce. Since its founding in 1903, aviation has quickly become a pivotal element of worldwide infrastructure. Due in part to technological innovations and improvement aeronautical travel has quickly become one of the safest and quickest modes of travel. From a consumer perspective, air travel is also very cost competitive in relation to other forms of transportation. Due to these benefits, airlines are not only used to transport individuals, but also goods and services throughout the world. This has enabled international commerce and globalization through the exchange of goods across borders. With limiting geographical restrictions, the airline industry has help usher in an unprecedented level of prosperity throughout the world.
However, the industry has also be subject to large amount of crime and regulation. Many crimes against humanity have occurred because of airlines and those operating them. In the United States alone, the country has faced many crimes via airlines. This included the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 6TH, 1941 along with the September...
Each of these crimes led to a litany of new regulations and
legislation to help make the airline industry safer.
Aviation law has significantly advanced since the Air Navigation Act of 1920. As I noted above, a majority of the more recently laws pertain more so to consumer safety. This includes the Transport Safety Act of 2003 and the Civil Aviation Act of 1988. These acts expanded many consumer protections such as allowing pilots to use...
…how the internal world has coalesced around many of the legal acts to keep consumers and society safe from aviation crime. In the Tokyo Convention for example, many international law makers where able to agree on
delegation of jurisdictional power within their respective territories. Article 1 of the convention specifically address acts that could potentially jeopardize the
safety of personnel onboard an aircraft.
Part 2 What areas of law did the lecture consider
To begin, the lecture considered principles of criminal law. Here the nature of proceedings and the impact on the individuals where discussed. Elements of the law include intention or desire to commit a certain illegal act. The Civil Aviation Act of 1988 specifically addresses the concepts of recklessness under Section 20A. The Tokyo Convention also helped to establish standards relating…
