Overview
- Explains how the governments of the UK and the USA reshaped their air services agreement (Bermuda 2) in response to major business, political and regulatory changes in this important market
- Offers a unique and valuable contribution to this topic with the author having previously served as Under-Secretary of International Aviation at the Department of Transport for four years
- Appeals to students of international law and international relations, as well as specialists in aviation and transport history
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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The Treaty
Keywords
- Bermuda 2
- Treaty
- Liberalisation
- Alliances
- Globalisation
- Charter Air Service
- London Airports
- UK
- USA
- Brexit
- North Atlantic
- Tariffs
- North Atlantic Cargo Operations
- Association of European Airlines
- British Airways
- European Union
- International Civil Aviation Organisation
- International Air Transport Association
- Trans World Airways
- (UK) Protection of Trading Interests Act
- us politics
About this book
This book offers an exceptionally well informed and well documented study of the processes by which a Treaty is not only created, but managed and adapted as a living organism, responding to changing political and economic circumstances throughout its life. Bermuda 2, which governed air services between the UK and the USA from 1977 till 2008, had to accommodate rapid but volatile market growth, conflicting policies for a more open market, and a market structure which evolved from national champions to multinational alliances. With stakes high enough for Presidents and Prime Ministers to intervene at key moments, the dramatic narrative (Part I) is helpfully cross-referenced to a fully annotated Treaty text (Part II) as well as a unique collection of supplementary documents (Part III). These three elements offer students of international law and international relations, as well as to-day’s post-BREXIT practitioners, a comprehensive guide to the wide range of legal instruments and negotiating strategies that may be used to govern and regulate a major industry within the framework of a Treaty relationship.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Handley Stevens was a Visiting Research Associate, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Treaty work featured prominently throughout his previous career in UK government service, both at home and abroad. As Head of International Aviation in the Department of Transport from 1983 to 1987, he led negotiations both with the EU and with the USA.
Handley Stevens has written extensively on UK and EU administration and transport policies. His other books include Transport Policy in Britain (with Stephen Glaister et al), Brussels Bureaucrats? (with Anne Stevens) and Transport Policy in the European Union.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Life and Death of a Treaty
Book Subtitle: Bermuda 2
Authors: Handley Stevens
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65705-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65704-2Published: 15 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88085-3Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65705-9Published: 05 February 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 383
Number of Illustrations: 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political History, US Politics, British Politics