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Political Hijacking: What Law Applies In Peace And War, William H. Reeves
Political Hijacking: What Law Applies In Peace And War, William H. Reeves
Vanderbilt Law Review
A new breed of hijackers has evolved as a product of international political strife of recent years. In attempts to escape an actual or self-styled oppressive environment, these political hijackers cause irreparable injury and serious danger to travelers, and complicate the operation of many transportation companies. After sketching the problems involved in providing adequate reparations to the injured passengers and corporations, and in implementing adequate punishment of the offenders, Mr. Reeves examines the question of whether a hijacked ship or plane might be retained by the arrival country rather than returned to its foreign owner. The author concludes that such …
Book Note, Daniel C. Turack
Book Note, Daniel C. Turack
Vanderbilt Law Review
The volume contains 28 essays, representing only one-third of Professor Cooper's aerospace articles, but as the editor concedes,they represent areas in which his contribution was most significant.These spheres are: the history of air law; the fundamental principles of air law (notably airspace sovereignty and nationality of aircraft); and space law. In the first part, four essays serve to introduce the reader to the problems of terminology and the scope of air and space law,the economic and political basis of air power, and certain specific problems to be examined subsequently in depth. Part two, entitled "Rights In Airspace: From Antiquity To …