Practical Aviation Law: Text

Fourth Edition

Updated and expanded in its fourth edition, Practical Aviation Law, used in conjunction with the Practical Aviation Law Workbook, serves as a textbook for undergraduate aviation law courses. Used alone, it is an invaluable reference guide for aviation managers, pilots, mechanics, aircraft owners, air traffic controllers, air safety investigators, and others involved in aviation as a profession or hobby.

Practical Aviation Law provides readers with the basic legal knowledge and perspective to understand how the legal system works in relation to aviation, helps readers recognize and avoid common legal pitfalls, and enables readers to recognize when they need to call a lawyer.

The fourth edition has been updated and expanded to reflect changes in statutory and regulatory resulting from the 9/11 event, and a new chapter has been added on airport security.

Contents:

Preface Part I Administrative Law
1 Regulatory Agencies and International Organizations
2 FAA Enforcement
3 Aviation Medical CasesPart II Aircraft Accidents
4 Basic Principles of Liability
5 Organizing the Business to Limit Liability
6 Aviation Insurance
7 Exculpatory Contracts
8 Airline Liability
9 Government Liability
10 Accident Notification, Reporting and Investigation
Part III Aircraft Transactions
11 Buying and Selling Aircraft
12 Aircraft Leasing, Management and Fractional Ownership
Part IV Airports, Airspace and Aviation Security
13 Airports and Terminal Airspace
14 En Route Airspace
15 Crimes and Aviation Security
Part V Labor and Employment Law
16 Labor and Employment Law, Generally
17 Airline Labor Law

Key Aviation Organizations
Bibliography
Index
About the Author: J. Scott Hamilton is a member of the faculty of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He previously served as general counsel for the Civil Air Patrol, then as the national organization's chief operating officer. Prior to that, he served as senior assistant attorney general for the State of Wyoming.