Aviation 173 Introduction to Aviation Law
Textbook link to Google Books http://books.google.com/books?id=-TJ8k0iR7R8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=aviation+law&lr=&cd=21#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Week 1 and 2 - Discussed the origins of law, the US and California court sytems, the respective burdens of proof in criminal and civil cases, how aviators may be hauled into different forums from a single event, and the Multi-District Litigation procedures in mass disaster aviation crash cases. A slide show was viewed in connection with discussions on the dilema that can arise between moral duty (medical emergency flight) and legal duty. The next class discussed FAA abstruseness in the Regs - - - such as logging night time versus staying current for passenger flights at night.