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Surprises In The Skies: Resolving The Circuit Split On How Courts Should Determine Whether An "Accident" Is "Unexpected Or Unusual" Under The Montreal Convention, Ashley Tang
Washington Law Review
Article 17 of both the Montreal Convention and its predecessor, the Warsaw Convention, imposes liability onto air carriers for certain injuries and damages from “accidents” incurred by passengers during international air carriage. However, neither Convention defines the term “accident.” While the United States Supreme Court opined that, for the purposes of Article 17, an air carrier’s liability “arises only if a passenger’s injury is caused by an unexpected or unusual event or happening that is external to the passenger,” it did not explain what standards lower courts should employ to discern whether an event is “unexpected or unusual.” In 2004, …
Counteraction To Cyber Terrorism: International Legal And Criminal Legal Aspects, A. Rasulev
Counteraction To Cyber Terrorism: International Legal And Criminal Legal Aspects, A. Rasulev
Review of law sciences
This article analysis the international acts and standards of the foreign criminal legislation providing questions of counteraction to cyberterrorism.