ABSTRACT
The 1919 Paris Convention and the 1944 Chicago Convention are true charters of public international aviation law. Despite its brief lifespan, the Paris Convention had lasting effects on public international aviation law, including the Chicago Convention. The Chicago Convention remains the primary source of public international air law and is the reason why we need to study international aviation law. The Chicago Convention also revealed the reluctance of many of the delegates to share air space and showed a divided world approach to liberalism. In fact, as it turns out, by far the most important contribution of the Chicago Convention overall was the almost unanimous agreement over technical matters and the groundwork which led to the establishment of the ICAO. The pivotal instrument is the Chicago Convention, but is not the only multilateral treaty that forms part of international aviation law.
