Are we ready to drive to the sky?: Personal Air-Land Vehicles within the modern air law framework and theory of legal innovation.

摘要

This work is a futuristic excursion to the would-be world of flying cars. It examines the impact on modern aviation law of possible future roadable aircraft, referred to as Personal Air-Land Vehicles. It first addresses theoretical impact which new technological advance would have on the legal system. The main focus is made on the way the law adapts technical inventions through such main approaches as legal analogy and legal innovation. Later it is discussed how the invention of Personal Air-Land Vehicle would influence current law. Cross jurisdictional comparison of ultralight aviation regulations is a core of such study. The paper also examines history and future of roadable aircraft.