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Independence And Liability In Civil Aviation Accident Investigations Through Annex 13 And The Montreal Convention, Joshua C. Moscow

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

International law governs the investigation of civil aviation accidents through the Chicago Convention and the International Civil Aviation Organization. Their standards, outlined primarily in Annex 13 to the Chicago Convention, require accident investigations to be conducted in an independent and impartial manner. Notwithstanding this requirement, a state with a nationalized airline may lead an Annex 13 investigation into an accident involving (essentially) itself. The conflict that arises when this occurs challenges Annex 13 independence-a challenge that may be difficult to avoid given the prevalence of nationalized airlines. While Annex 13 independence is threatened when a state assumes the role of …

International Counterterrorism Cooperation: The Summit Seven And Air Terrorism, Geoffrey Levitt

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Article aims to contribute to an understanding of the reality and the potential of international cooperation to combat terrorism by examining one of the most important channels through which governments have attempted to achieve such cooperation: the Economic Summit Seven (the Seven or the Group). Focusing in particular on the Group's work in the area of terrorism against international civil aviation, this Article will discuss how and why the Group became involved in counterterrorism; review the Group's declarations on terrorism and their context; outline the international background to those declarations; describe the most important single action the Group has …

Books Received, Journal Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

BASIC DOCUMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW Edited by Ian Brownlie-- London: Oxford University Press, 1972 (2d ed.). Pp. x, 284. $4.50.

LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES By Theodore Besterman-- Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield, 1971. Pp. x, 436. $20.00.

CONFLICT ISSUES AND INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION DECISIONS: THREE CASES By Young W. Kih-- Denver: 1970-1971 Monograph Series in World Affairs, University of Denver, 1971. Pp. xi, 96. $1.00.

THE INTERNATIONAL COFFEE AGREEMENT: A STUDY IN COFFEE DIPLOMACY By Bart S. Fisher New York: Praeger Publishers, 1972. Pp. xx,287. $17.50.

LAW AND POLITICS IN OUTER SPACE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY By …