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Enrique Ramirez Princeton University School of Architecture Object-Problem and Wreckage:  Theorizing the Legal Status of Aircraft In  Letelier v. The Republic of Chile What Object? (research-in-progress workshop/symposium) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 12 April 2008
Wright Flyer, 3-Way View (1903)
Boeing 737-800, Continental Airlines
Boeing 737-500, Continental Airlines, underneath tail assembly of UAL 747-122, registration N4716U
Boeing 737-800, Continental Airlines, registration N37277
Passenger Cabin, Airbus A340-200, Air Tahiti Nui
Czechoslovakia Air Route Map, 1933 (Source: Edward Tufte,  Envisioning Information , 1990)
Jus Gentium International Shoe Co. v. Washington , 326 U.S. 310 (1945) World-Wide Volkswagen Co. v. Woodson , 444 U.S. 286 (1980) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 502 F. Supp. 259 (D.D.C. 1980) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 567 F.Supp. 1490 (S.D.N.Y. 1983) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 575 F. Supp. 1217 (S.D.N.Y. 1983) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 748 F.2d 790 (1984) Piper Aircraft v. Reyno , 454 U.S. 235 (1981) Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court , 480 U.S. 102 (1987)
Jus Publicum Fauchille Theorem Projet de Règlement sur le Régime Juridique des Aërostats  (1902) Trail Smelter case  (United States v. Canada), III UNRIAA (1935) Sic Utere Tuo ut Alienum Non Laedas Convention on International Aviation  (ICAO), Chicago, 7 Dec. 1944 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea  (1982) (UNCLOS III)  Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International  Carriage  (1999) (Montreal Convention)
Jus Gentium International Shoe Co. v. Washington , 326 U.S. 310 (1945) World-Wide Volkswagen Co. v. Woodson , 444 U.S. 286 (1980) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 502 F. Supp. 259 (D.D.C. 1980) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 567 F.Supp. 1490 (S.D.N.Y. 1983) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 575 F. Supp. 1217 (S.D.N.Y. 1983) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 748 F.2d 790 (1984) Piper Aircraft v. Reyno , 454 U.S. 235 (1981) Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court , 480 U.S. 102 (1987)
 
 
 
Wreckage of Orlando Letelier’s Car, Washington D.C. (1976)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Piper PA23 Aztec
Deutsche Lufthansa Route Map and Time Table (Source: Fritzsche,  A Nation of Fliers )
Sic Utere Tuo ut Alieum Non Laedas
Sic Utere Tuo ut Alieum Non Laedas “… use your own so as not to injure another.”
 
Lockheed SR-71 Streaks Above the Eiffel Tower (Source: Bryan Boyer)
Alberto Santos Dumont Circles Eiffel Tower in No. 6, 1901
 
 
 
Negotiating Open Skies for The Globe (L to R): Russian Premeier Nikolai Bulganin, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, French Premier Edgar Faure, British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden In Geneva, Switzerland (1955)
Assembly of Flight 781 (Comet G-ALYP), RAE Farnborough, 1954
John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll

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What Object?

  • 1. Enrique Ramirez Princeton University School of Architecture Object-Problem and Wreckage: Theorizing the Legal Status of Aircraft In Letelier v. The Republic of Chile What Object? (research-in-progress workshop/symposium) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 12 April 2008
  • 2. Wright Flyer, 3-Way View (1903)
  • 4. Boeing 737-500, Continental Airlines, underneath tail assembly of UAL 747-122, registration N4716U
  • 5. Boeing 737-800, Continental Airlines, registration N37277
  • 6. Passenger Cabin, Airbus A340-200, Air Tahiti Nui
  • 7. Czechoslovakia Air Route Map, 1933 (Source: Edward Tufte, Envisioning Information , 1990)
  • 8. Jus Gentium International Shoe Co. v. Washington , 326 U.S. 310 (1945) World-Wide Volkswagen Co. v. Woodson , 444 U.S. 286 (1980) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 502 F. Supp. 259 (D.D.C. 1980) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 567 F.Supp. 1490 (S.D.N.Y. 1983) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 575 F. Supp. 1217 (S.D.N.Y. 1983) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 748 F.2d 790 (1984) Piper Aircraft v. Reyno , 454 U.S. 235 (1981) Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court , 480 U.S. 102 (1987)
  • 9. Jus Publicum Fauchille Theorem Projet de Règlement sur le Régime Juridique des Aërostats (1902) Trail Smelter case (United States v. Canada), III UNRIAA (1935) Sic Utere Tuo ut Alienum Non Laedas Convention on International Aviation (ICAO), Chicago, 7 Dec. 1944 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982) (UNCLOS III) Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage (1999) (Montreal Convention)
  • 10. Jus Gentium International Shoe Co. v. Washington , 326 U.S. 310 (1945) World-Wide Volkswagen Co. v. Woodson , 444 U.S. 286 (1980) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 502 F. Supp. 259 (D.D.C. 1980) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 567 F.Supp. 1490 (S.D.N.Y. 1983) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 575 F. Supp. 1217 (S.D.N.Y. 1983) Letelier v. Republic of Chile , 748 F.2d 790 (1984) Piper Aircraft v. Reyno , 454 U.S. 235 (1981) Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court , 480 U.S. 102 (1987)
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  • 14. Wreckage of Orlando Letelier’s Car, Washington D.C. (1976)
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  • 25. Deutsche Lufthansa Route Map and Time Table (Source: Fritzsche, A Nation of Fliers )
  • 26. Sic Utere Tuo ut Alieum Non Laedas
  • 27. Sic Utere Tuo ut Alieum Non Laedas “… use your own so as not to injure another.”
  • 28.  
  • 29. Lockheed SR-71 Streaks Above the Eiffel Tower (Source: Bryan Boyer)
  • 30. Alberto Santos Dumont Circles Eiffel Tower in No. 6, 1901
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  • 34. Negotiating Open Skies for The Globe (L to R): Russian Premeier Nikolai Bulganin, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, French Premier Edgar Faure, British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden In Geneva, Switzerland (1955)
  • 35. Assembly of Flight 781 (Comet G-ALYP), RAE Farnborough, 1954
  • 36. John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll