Air law and space law air law and space law are separate and distinct branches of law although they are occasionally treated as one aerospace law air law the older of the 2 is the body of public and private law both national and international that regulates aeronautical activities and other uses of airspace. Air law theories there were a variety of theories prior to the first world war with regard to the status of the airspace above states and territorial waters one view was that the airspace was entirely free another that there was upon an analogy with the territorial sea a band of territorial air appertaining to the state followed by . Air space also spelled airspace in international law the space above a particular national territory treated as belonging to the government controlling the territory it does not include outer space which under the outer space treaty of 1967 is declared to be free and not subject to national appropriation. The llm programme air and space law combines public air law private air law and space law it has a clearly defined european and international dimension making it unique in the world in this intensive one year masters programme you will gain a solid legal foundation in this exciting field learning from some of the foremost experts in academia and legal practice