| Preface |
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| Foreword |
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| Introduction |
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| Acronyms |
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1 Drones, innovation and the challenge for law makers |
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1.2 Keeping pace with technology |
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1.2.1 Current use of drones and the pace of technological growth |
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1.2.2 Drones -- some challenges |
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1.2.3 Current regulation of drones |
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1.2.4 Limitations of current regulation of drones |
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1.3 Challenges for law makers |
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1.3.1 Balancing risks and benefits |
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1.3.2 Law, technology and retrofitting |
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1.3.3 Problems of enforcement |
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2 Existing drone regulation and its issues |
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2.2.2 Safety and security issues |
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2.3 Current domestic regulations |
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2.3.3 Security regulations |
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2.4 Current international regulations |
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2.4.2 The global regulatory regime |
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2.5 Making space for drones |
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3 Development of aviation laws and regulations |
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3.2 From Paris to Chicago |
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3.2.2 The 1919 Paris Convention |
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3.2.3 The central role of airspace sovereignty |
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3.2.4 The 1944 Chicago Convention |
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3.2.5 The basic principles of the Chicago Convention |
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3.2.6 Liberalisation of air services, and the right to fly post-Chicago |
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3.3 From Warsaw to Montreal |
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3.3.2 The Warsaw Convention 1929 |
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3.3.3 The Hague Protocol 1955 |
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3.3.4 The Guadalajara Convention of 1961 |
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3.3.5 The Montreal Agreement of 1966 |
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3.3.6 The Guatemala City Protocol of 1971 |
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3.3.7 The Montreal Additional Protocols of 1975 |
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3.3.8 The Montreal Convention of 1999 |
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3.3.9 Further developments |
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3.4 Aviation safety and security |
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3.4.1 Compensation conventions for damage to third parties |
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4 Regulation of aviation at the national and international levels |
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4.2 Treaties and international instruments |
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4.2.1 The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |
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4.2.3 Customary international law |
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4.2.5 Breaches of international aviation law |
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4.3 Domestic implementation of international law |
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4.3.1 Relationship between international and domestic law |
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4.3.3 Australia's position |
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4.3.4 Implementation of international treaties at the sub-national level |
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4.3.5 Differences between federal and unitary systems |
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4.4 Domestic law and sovereignty |
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5.2 Principles for the regulation of drones internationally by States |
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5.2.3 Operative provisions |
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5.2.4 General obligations |
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5.3 A multilateral agreement to regulate drones? |
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6.2.4 Flight efficiency and endurance |
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6.2.5 Environmentally friendly |
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6.3.1 Robotic flying birds and insects |
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6.3.3 Autonomous flying cars |
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6.3.4 Air traffic management systems and supporting infrastructure |
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6.3.5 Vehicles for package delivery |
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6.4 Pilotless commercial aircraft |
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6.5 Issues for regulation going forward |
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| Appendix |
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| Preamble |
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| Introduction |
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| I Operative Provisions |
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133 | (2) |
| II General Obligations |
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| III Implementation |
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136 | (1) |
| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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