Who owns the sky? : the struggle to control airspace from the Wright brothers on /
By: Banner, Stuart
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.Description: 353 p. : ill ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780674030824 (trade); 0674030826Subject(s): Aeronautics -- Law and legislation -- United States | Airspace (Law) -- United States | Aeronautics -- United States -- Law and legislationDDC classification: 343.7309/7 Online resources: Location Map
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Examines the intellectual history of American law in the first half of the twentieth century from the perspective of the debate that arose with the invention of the airplane over aerial trespass and who owns the sky.
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 343.73097 BA WH (Browse shelf) | Available | T0039700 |
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| 343.730858 SO DI The digital person : | 343.730858 SO DI The digital person : | 343.7309 CR EL Electronic media law and regulation / | 343.73097 BA WH Who owns the sky? : | 343.73099 PE MA Mass media law / | 343.73099 TO ME Media and entertainment law / | 343.73099 TO ME Media and entertainment law / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-343) and index.
A momentous problem -- An aerial territory -- The peculiar beauties of the common law -- A uniform law -- Interstate commerce in the air -- Landowners against the aviation industry -- The rise and fall of air law -- William Douglas has the last word -- Sovereignty in space -- Technological change and legal change.
Examines the intellectual history of American law in the first half of the twentieth century from the perspective of the debate that arose with the invention of the airplane over aerial trespass and who owns the sky.
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