OUVRAGE : P. Mendes de Leon, N. Buissing (eds.), Behind and Beyond the Chicago Convention: The Evolution of Aerial Sovereignty

Pablo MENDES DE LEON, Niall BUISSING

Behind and Beyond the Chicago Convention is intended to analyse the concept of sovereignty in international civil aviation, how it evolved in the course of times, how it related to European integration process and to air traffic management. The meaning of sovereignty has been analysed philosophically and linked to current conceptions in an evolutionary process. The Convention on International Civil Aviation that concluded in Chicago on 7 December 1944, commonly referred to as the Chicago Convention, is one of the most ratified multilateral agreements currently in force, with 193 States Parties. In this deeply informative book, commemorating the 75th birthday of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, thirty-three of the most distinguished authors in aviation law offer perspectives on the quality of the Convention’s achievements.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editors
Contributors
Forewords
Preface
List of Abbreviations 

PART I
SOVEREIGNTY AS A BASIC CONCEPT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL AIR LAW

Chapter 1. Vincent Correia, The Legacy of the 1919 Paris Convention Relating to the Regulation of Aerial Navigation
Chapter 2. Peter Haanappel, Aerial Sovereignty: From Paris 1919, Through Chicago 1944, to Today
Chapter 3. Stephan Hobe, Sovereignty as a Basic Concept of International Law and a Core Principle of Air Law
Chapter 4. Anna Konert, The Development of Civil Aviation and Its Impact on Sovereignty

PART II
THE IMPACT OF SOVEREIGNTY ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION THROUGH INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 5. Jiefang Huang, Mathieu Vaugeois, The Impact of Sovereignty on the Administration of International Civil Aviation Through International and Regional Organizations: The Role of ICAO
Chapter 6. Alexander A. Batalov, The Impact of Sovereignty on Regional Cooperation in Civil Aviation: The Russian Perspective
Chapter 7. Fernando Fiallos, LACAC and Current Challenges of Civil Aviation in Latin America
Chapter 8. Mikolaj Ratajczyk, The Impact of Sovereignty on the Administration of International Civil Aviation Through International and Regional Organisations: Regulating Civil Aviation Safety at Regional Level – A European Perspective

PART III
SOVEREIGNTY PERTAINING TO AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Chapter 9. Anna Masutti, Sovereignty Pertaining to Air Traffic Management
Chapter 10. Fernando Fiallos, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Engaged in International Air Transport
Chapter 11. Francis Schubert, Limits in the Sky: Sovereignty and Air Navigation Services
Chapter 12. Ida Bagus Rahmadi Supancana, The Speeding-up Process on the Realignment of Flight Information Region (FIR) in Areas A, B, C from Singapore to Indonesia: Issues of Sovereignty, or Safety, or Both?
Chapter 13. Dejian Kong, Sovereignty and GNSS: Connecting the Traditional Legal Concept with High Technology
Chapter 14. Catherine Erkelens, Sovereignty in Relation to Air Traffic Management
Chapter 15. Ricardo de Oliveira, The Delineation Between Civil Aircraft and State Aircraft: A Move into the Aviation World of Tomorrow after 75 Years of Uncertainty
Chapter 16. Robert Lawson QC, Does an Immovable Object Meet an Irresistible Force? An EU Perspective on the Apparent Tension Between the Protection of Airspace Sovereignty and the Notion of Private Sector Transnational Air Carriers

PART IV
SOVEREIGNTY IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN LAW AND POLICY

Chapter 17. Regula Dettling-Ott, Sovereignty in the Context of European Law and Policy
Chapter 18. Laura Pierallini, Sovereignty: The Implications of the EU Internal Air Transport Market for Air Services Agreements with Third Countries
Chapter 19. Nikolai Ehlers, The International Uniformity of the Liability Regime of the IATA Standard Ground Handling Agreement under Attack: Can the Chicago Convention Be a Remedy?
Chapter 20. José Ignacio García-Arboleda, Bilateralism and Equality of Opportunity under Scheduled Services: Are Air Services Agreements the Sole and Absolute Source for Traffic Rights?
Chapter 21. Alan Khee-Jin Tan, Sovereignty and Air Services Agreements in Asia: The Long Flight from Bilateralism to Multilateralism
Chapter 22. Steven Truxal, Airspace Sovereignty in the Chicago Regime: A Reality Check

PART V
SOVEREIGNTY IN RELATION TO AIR SERVICES AGREEMENTS

Chapter 23. Pai Zheng, Sovereignty and Air Services Agreements: The Case of China
Chapter 24. Michael Whitaker, A US Perspective on the Utility of the Chicago Convention
Chapter 25. Rajesh Singh, Multilateral Approach to Market Access Expansion: What the Future Holds
Chapter 26. Morten Hans Jakobsen, Peter Sand, The Chicago Convention Article 83bis: Legal Considerations When Entering into and Benefitting from Article 83bis Arrangements

PART VI
THE FUTURE OF SOVEREIGNTY IN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION

Chapter 27. Brian F. Havel, Reflections on the “New Sovereignty” and the Future of International Civil Aviation
Chapter 28. Roberto Cassar, The Future of Sovereignty in International Civil Aviation: The Resurgence of Sovereignty Versus the Freedom of Flight
Chapter 29. Brendan Lord, The Future of Sovereignty in International Civil Aviation

Annex 1: Convention portant réglementation de la Navigation Aérienne, signée à Paris le 13 octobre 1919, avec Protocole additionnel signé à Paris le 1er mai 1920
Annex 2: Convention on international civil aviation, signed at Chicago, on 7 December 1944, also referred to as the Chicago Convention

Index

Pablo MENDES DE LEON, Niall BUISSING (eds.), Behind and Beyond the Chicago Convention: The Evolution of Aerial Sovereignty, Alphen aan den Rijn, Wolters Kluwer, 2019 (504 pp.)