ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines and examines the development of aviation laws and regulations. It begins with the Paris Convention of 1919, the first multilateral treaty to provide for the regulation of international flight. The chapter traces the course of international air carrier liability, safety and security conventions beginning with the Warsaw Convention of 1929 and ending with the Montreal Convention of 1999. It examines international protection of civil aviation and explores the evolution of civil aviation regulation from the origins of flight itself to the development of the two most important international regulatory regimes: the Paris Convention of 1919 and the Chicago Convention of 1944. The Chicago Convention makes a distinction between 'scheduled' and 'non-scheduled' flights. The Chicago Convention outlines restrictions in relation to cabotage which is the right of a foreign carrier to operate domestic services within another State. Set out in the Chicago Convention are the relevant rules relating to nationality of an aircraft.
