Aviation Terrorism with Particular Reference to the Air Carrier's Liability for Personal Damages Resulting from Hijackings Pursuant to Art. 17 of the Warsaw Convention

Master's Thesis from the year 1997 in the subject Law - Miscellaneous, grade: Distinction, Lancaster University (Law Department), language: English, abstract: Aviation terrorism is viewed as a serious problem that has spread drastically for the past three decades. The international community keeps observing that the frequency and intensity of terrorist attacks has increased. These alarming tendencies have induced the Member States of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to adopt and ratify several international conventions, such as the Tokyo, The Hague and the Montreal Conventions, that will be analysed as well as the question of liability of the air carrier pursuant to Art. 17 WA for personal damages resulting from such hijacking attacks.

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ERKENNTNISSE VERMITTELN & TEILEN! Dr. Andreas-M. Blum ist selbstständiger Dozent, Fachbuchautor und Publizist. Mein Forschungsinteresse gilt der Konflikt- & Streitbeilegung mit Bezügen zum Recht, zur Beratung, Gesprächsführung und zu den Kompetenzen (z.B. Methoden-, Konfliktlösungskompetenzen). Rezensent und Autor von deutsch- und englischsprachigen Arbeiten (Artikel, Ausarbeitungen, Beiträge, (Buch-)Besprechungen, Blogposts, Broschüren, Bücher, eBooks, Einsendeaufgaben, Essays, Falllösungen, Hochschulschriften, Lernkontrollaufgaben, Online-Quizze, Präsentationen und Rezensionen) in den Fachdisziplinen Konflikt- und Streitbeilegung, Management, Organisationsberatung, Pädagogik, Politikwissenschaft, Psychologie, Recht, Soziologie und Wirtschaft. Meine Publikationen sind u.a. in den folgenden Katalogen verzeichnet: 1. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek in Frankfurt am Main und Leipzig: https://portal.dnb.de 2. WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org 3. Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog: http://kvk.bibliothek.kit.edu 4. Verbundkatalog HEBIS, Hessen: https://www.hebis.de 5. K10plus Verbundkatalog GBV | SWB: https://opac.k10plus.de 6. Martinus-Bibliothek - Wissenschaftliche Diözesanbibliothek im Priesterseminar Mainz: https://opac.ub.uni-mainz.de . COMMUNICATE & SHARE KNOWLEDGE! Dr. Andreas-M. Blum is an independent lecturer, author and publicist. My research interests are in conflict and dispute resolution with references to law, counseling, interviewing and skills (e.g. methodological and conflict resolution skills). Reviewer and author of German and English-language papers (articles, elaborations, contributions, blog posts, brochures, books, eBooks, submission tasks, essays, case studies, university papers, learning control tasks, online-quizzes, presentations and reviews), among others, in the field of conflict and dispute resolution, education, management & organizational consulting, law, political science, psychology, sociology, business & economics. You can find my publications i.e. in the catalogs of: 1. German National Library Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig: https://portal.dnb.de 2. WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org 3. Virtual catalog of Karlsruhe: http://kvk.bibliothek.kit.edu 4. Union catalog HEBIS, Hessen: https://www.hebis.de 5. K10plus union catalog GBV | SWB: https://opac.k10plus.de 6. Martinus Library - Scientific Diocesan Library of the Mainz seminary: https://opac.ub.uni-mainz.de