Feb 26, 2022 | Air and Space Law, Comment, Walker A. Smith
By Walker A. Smith International space law is a relatively undeveloped field primarily occupied by the 1967 Outer Space Treaty (Treaty). This Treaty, while long on general principles, is short on details. With the United States’ recent push to return to the Moon by...
Feb 26, 2022 | Air and Space Law, Comment, Gretchen Mahoney
By Gretchen Mahoney Over the past two decades, multilateral organizations and the U.S. government have fought tirelessly to eradicate human trafficking. Drafting and passing protocols, resolutions, and statutes, these entities attempted to gain the upper hand by...
Feb 26, 2022 | Air and Space Law, Comment, Courtney Rimann
By Courtney Rimann Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) are the Transportation Security Administration’s first line of defense against terrorism in U.S. airways. The American flying public puts their safety, and their luggage, in the hands of these officers, who...
May 1, 2021 | Air and Space Law, Comment, Madison L. George
By Madison L. George Abstract Currently, airlines have no legal duty to report an in-flight sexual assault to law enforcement. This lack of a duty to report hinders investigations, prevents victims from receiving closure, and imposes additional liability on air...
May 1, 2021 | Administrative Law, Air and Space Law, Comment, Drew H. Nunn
By Drew H. Nunn Abstract The over-delegation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of new aircraft design certification authority to the very companies seeking such certification has led to a stunning lack of oversight and bending to private economic interests....
Oct 30, 2020 | Air and Space Law, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Brooke Vaydik, Comment
By Brooke Vaydik Abstract In today’s ever-connected and increasingly global economy, there is a strong need for cooperation in bilateral and multilateral trade exchanges, but international trade disputes have arisen in the context of many industries, goods, and...
Dec 1, 2019 | Air and Space Law, Comment, Conflict of Laws, Kaylee Knowlton Henson
By Kaylee Knowlton Henson Abstract This Comment begins by walking through the current conflict of laws system in the United States and explores the application of general conflict of laws rules and three major issues that accompany the current system, which leaves...
Dec 1, 2019 | Air and Space Law, Amir Saboorian, Comment, Privacy Law
By Amir Saboorian Abstract The modern satellite communications industry was but a flicker of an idea prior to World War II, yet today, communications satellites serve as crucial hubs in the transmission of vital data that help shrink the world. Technological...
Dec 1, 2019 | Air and Space Law, Comment, John Sivils, Legislation
By John Sivils Abstract Drunk flying poses a serious safety risk to airline passengers. The current system of detecting pilot intoxication and preventing drunk flying relies on the vigilance of coworkers, and statutes prohibiting “operating” an airplane while...
Sep 1, 2019 | Administrative Law, Air and Space Law, Comment, Jet McGuire, Transportation Law
By Jet McGuire Abstract The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Final Rule on air charter brokers offers an important advancement in private aviation. The previously ultraexclusive industry, requiring massive capital expenditures for entry, is now accessible to...