Editorial The arrest of Abdulla Shahid, former Foreign Minister of the Maldives and President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, over allegations of sexually abusing a minor is
Introduction In the 2012 case of Vumbaca v. Terminal One Group Association, L.P., the Christmas snowstorm at JFK Airport revealed the consequences of inadequate staffing and ground-handling resources. Labbadia v. Alitalia in
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The modern airplane creates a new geographical dimension. A navigable ocean of air blankets the whole surface of the globe. There are no distant places any longer: the world is small, and
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The debate over Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) raises one of the most difficult questions in modern jurisprudence: can the right to life, liberty and human dignity include the right to choose
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There are a hundred and fifty people – and they are all men – who run the world …Chamath Palihapitiya There is an abiding paradox in the history of human civilization. The
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Peter Thiel is right to remind us that institutions established in the name of protection can become instruments of control. He is not, however, justified in treating resistance to technological acceleration as
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Sri Lanka’s recovery under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake presents a fundamental test of working-class liberalism: whether economic discipline can be reconciled with social justice, decent employment and democratic accountability. The government has
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Introduction I have just finished reading John Rawls’s book A Theory of Justice, and my curiosity got the better of me in wondering how Rawls’s “Veil of Ignorance” would serve the upcoming
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Intelligent airports promise greater efficiency and safer operations, but growing dependence on artificial intelligence raises a fundamental question: can airport authorities retain meaningful control over systems they may neither fully understand nor
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The Riyadh airport attacks expose a fundamental asymmetry in the international legal order. The international community has developed an elaborate body of law governing civil aviation, the conduct of hostilities and the
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The failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee raises questions far deeper than the breakdown of an execution protocol. Through the competing philosophies of Kant, Bentham, Mill, Hegel and Rawls, the episode
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Europe’s latest passenger-rights initiative raises a fundamental question: should airlines merely compensate travellers when things go wrong, or empower them to take control? From rerouting and refunds to family seating, disability access
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Canada’s proposed “associate membership” of the EU exposes a striking legal paradox: the treaties contain no such membership category, yet Article 217 TFEU could provide a route to an exceptionally deep association.
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A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill ~ Frank Borman Someone once said: “ The two best pilots can be put
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The Moffatt v. Air Canada decision establishes an important principle for the emerging relationship between aviation and artificial intelligence: an airline cannot simply shift responsibility to a chatbot when the system provides
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We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models ~ Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic The International Day of Peace, observed annually on 21 September, invites humanity
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