The Progress of Air Law: The Resolutions of the International Civil Aviation Organization - Hardcoverby Ruwantissa Abeyratne (Author) Air law is the law pertaining to the use of airspace. Over the years, it has progressed through the evolution of public and private international law, drawing principles of other branches of law such as contract law; tort law, and criminal law. At the base of air law are basic principles set out in the Convention on International Civil Aviation, popularly called the Chicago Convention which established The