The Journal of Air Law and Commerce, a quarterly publication of the School of Law, was founded at Northwestern University in 1930 and moved to SMU in 1961. The oldest scholarly periodical in the English language devoted primarily to the legal and economic problems affecting aviation and space, it has a worldwide circulation with more than 2,300 subscribers in 54 countries. Articles by distinguished lawyers, economists, government officials, and scholars deal with domestic and international problems of the airline industry, private aviation, and space, as well as general legal topics that have a significant impact on the area of aviation. Also included are student commentaries on a variety of topical issues, book reviews, and editorial comments.
The Journal of Air Law and Commerce also sponsors an annual symposium on selected problems in aviation law and publishes selected papers from that symposium in one of its issues. More than 500 aviation lawyers and industry representatives annually attend.
Current Issue: Volume 87, Issue 3 (2022)
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Symposia
The Use of Law to Address Space Debris Mitigation and Remediation: Looking Through a Science and Technology LensAnnie Handmer and Steven Freeland375
Private Law Aspects of Suborbital Flights: Second- and Third-party Liability and InsuranceTanja Masson-Zwaan413
Pulsed Nuclear Space Propulsion and International Law: Some PreliminaryGlenn Reynolds and Leigh Outten445
3D Printing in the Aerospace Industry: Emerging Legal Issues for Counsel and InsurersLisa Savitt, Lauren L. Haertlein, and Laura Dubois479
Vertiports: Ready for Take-off … And LandingBenjamyn Scott503
Articles
The (PFAS)T and the Furious: Applying Hazardous Waste Management Frameworks to the Global Presence of PFASMaggie Clark533
Cabotage and Deregulatory AnomaliesTimothy M. Ravich571
Comments
Mining the Milky Way: How to Bring America’s Extraterrestrial Excursions Back Into Compliance With International ObligationsBraden N. Anderson637