The regulation of civilian drones' impacts on public safety

Computer Law and Security Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 263-285

  Clarke, Roger ^a,b,c   Bennett Moses, Lyria ^b  

^a Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aviation safety; Co regulation; Drone; RPA; Self regulation; Technology neutrality; UAV

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AVIATION SAFETY; CO-REGULATION; DRONE; RPA; SELF-REGULATION; TECHNOLOGY-NEUTRALITY;

TARGET DRONES;

EID: 84900469650     PISSN: 02673649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clsr.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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