Topics for the term paper are required to be directly related to aviation or aerospace legislation. You must select a topic from one of the Statutes or Cases listed here. The instructor may approve a topic from the Rhoades text which must be directly related to aviation or aerospace legislation.
The instructor may also approve an alternative topic suitable for your location in a jurisdiction outside the United States but only if it is directly concerned with aviation or aerospace legislation.
Term Paper Requirements
(Due in Module 8) The paper must be written in accordance with APA standards using the current edition. The required length is 4-5 pages excluding the cover page, charts, tables, graphs, diagrams, photographs, the reference page, or the appendix. The format will be double-spaced, 1-inch margins. Review the grading rubric in Module 8.
Grading
This assignment is
graded only for its completed status (i.e. if it was turned in on time and met the submission standards for topic selection, it earns credit). Upon approval, a green check-mark will appear in the Grades area of the course.
Term Paper TopicsTerm Paper Topics
Topics for the term paper are required to be directly related to aviation or aerospace legislation. You must select a topic from one of the Statutes or Cases listed here. The instructor may approve a topic from the Rhoades text which must be directly related to aviation or aerospace legislation.
The instructor may also approve an alternative topic suitable for your location in a jurisdiction outside the United States but only if it is directly concerned with aviation or aerospace legislation.
Term Paper Requirements
(Due in Module 8) The paper must be written in accordance with APA standards using the current edition. The required
length is 4-5 pages excluding the cover page, charts, tables, graphs, diagrams, photographs, the reference page, or the appendix. The format will be double-spaced, 1-inch margins. Review the grading rubric in Module 8.
Grading
This assignment is graded only for its completed status (i.e. if it was turned in on time and met the submission standards for topic selection, it earns credit). Upon approval, a green check-mark will appear in the Grades area of the course.
Term Paper Topics: Topics for the term paper are required to be directly related to aviation legislation. You must have selected a topic from one of the Statutes or Cases listed here or from the Evolution of International Aviation (Rhoades, 2014).
The instructor may approve an alternative topic suitable for your location in a jurisdiction outside the United States but only if it is directly concerned with aviation or aerospace
legislation.
STATUTES:
1925 - Airmail Act of 1925 (Kelly)
1926 - Air Commerce Act of 1926
1928 - Foreign Airmail Act
1930 - Airmail Act of 1930 (McNary-Watres)
1934 - Airmail Act of 1934 (Black-McKellar)
1938 - Civil Aeronautics Act
1946 - Federal Airport Act of 1946
1958 - Federal Aviation Act of 1958
1962 - Communications Satellite Act of 1962
1966 - Department of Transportation Act
1968 - Aircraft Noise Abatement Act
1969 - National Environmental Policy Act
1970 - Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970
1970 - The Clean Air Act, Amended
1972 - Noise Control act of 1972
1976 - Airport and Airway Development Act Amendments
1977 - Air Cargo Deregulation Act
1978 - Airline Deregulation Act
1979 - Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act
1984 - The Commercial Space Launch Act
1990 - Airport Noise and Capacity Act (ANCA)
1994
- FAA Authorization Act of 1994
1994 - Independent Safety Board Act of 1994
1998 - The Commercial Space Act
1999 - Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR-21)
2001 - Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act
2001 - Aviation and Transportation Security Act
2002 - Homeland Security Act
2003 - Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act
2004 - The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act
2007 - Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act
2010 - Airline Safety and Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010
2012 - The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2012
SPACE TREATIES:
The Outer Space Treaty of 1967
The Rescue Treaty of 1968
The Liability Treaty of 1972
The Registration Convention of 1976
The Moon Treaty of 1979
The International Space Station Agreement of 1998
CASES:
Diaz
V. Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Florida V. Riley
Nouvelles Frontieres
Pan American World Airways Inc. V United States
Summers of California V. Ciralo
Western Airlines V. Port authority
ORGANIZATIONS:
The International Air Transport Association
The International Civil Aviation Organization