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The internationally harmonized rules of Air Law are fundamental contributors to the world of aviation. Without their unified application among Member States civil aviation could not be where it is today, neither from safety, efficiency nor business perspective. These rules and procedures will ensure that pilots are safe and responsible whilst flying and they will be able to conduct efficient operation in air traffic without compromising safety neither for themselves nor anyone else. This is what the subject of Air Law will teach you. The subject of Air Law itself is composed of two main parts covered in 13 chapters. As you may suspect from the introduction and the title itself, it does cover important aspects of the relevant legislative background. This part will be discovered in the first chapter of the book, "International Law: Conventions, Agreements and Organisations... We will learn how to navigate within the most famous international contracts that define some of the basic rules and still give source of international air law, such as the Rome or Montreal Conventions. We will also familiarize ourselves with some of the key players in civil aviation managing and overseeing the realization the provisions of these conventions, such as ICAO and EASA. In the second, larger portion of the book we will study a handful of the total of 19 annexes to the Chicago Convention. Each of these so-called Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) detail different areas of responsibility of ICAO and its Member States. Occasionally we will have an outlook to the respective EU regulations too so we get a complex understanding of the matter. The standards and practices discussed in this part of the book are vital for your studies as they will contribute to your actual daily work as a pilot. For example, generally applicable rules of the air, procedures for air navigation under different circumstances or the role of the various air traffic service units are all structural components of international aviation and their unified application is key for safety and efficiency