The global liberalization regime of the past two decades has fundamentally affected the operation of international air transport services. This process calls for reflection and analysis across a wide range of legal and policy areas, including but not limited to public international air law and policy, with special reference to safety, security and environmental concerns, liability, competition law regimes, company law, and the complex relationship between European Community law and public international law.

The Aviation Law and Policy Series critically examines developments around liberalization of air services internationally resulting in the establishment of Open Aviation Areas; institutional questions such as the external powers of the European Community and the relationship between international organizations such as ICAO and EUROCONTROL; the coming into force of unlimited liability regimes and related case law; the granting of antitrust immunity to international airline alliances; and cooperation between competition authorities. Attention will also be paid to topical safety and security issues, and the growing impact of aviation in relation to the environment, dictating the design of emission trade systems. Last but not least, commercially oriented subjects such as aircraft financing and leasing will be addressed, both from the perspective of national and international legal regimes, taking into account practical cases and case law.

The objective of the series is to make a contribution to legal thinking on the multifaceted aspects of this important field of law. The publications are designed to document and anticipate the evolution of aviation law and policy in the twenty first century.