Product Description: These Commentaries are based almost entirely on the formal and informal documentation of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III, 1973-1982), coupled, where necessary, with the personal knowledge of editors, contributors, or reviewers, many of whom were principal negotiators or UN personnel who participated in the Conference...read more

Product Description: Addresses maritime tort law, collision law, worker injury claims, wrongful death, and platform injuries. Explores maritime property liens and the seaman's employment contract, wages, and compromise of claims. Discusses marine insurance, towage and pilotage, salvage, and general average...read more

Product Description: Fiction.

With his master dead, apprentice wizard Tobas, knowing only an elementary spell for starting a fire, sets out to seek his fortune in the faraway, magical realm of Old Ethshar

Product Description: A book which sets out the latest national law relating to time bars on the most common maritime claims in over 30 countries. It includes new jurisdictions and additional information. It provides the answers to such questions as what is the time-bar period for a particular type of claim, when does a time-bar period for a claim begin, how can the time-bar period be interrupted, extended or ended and what are the consequences of the time-bar period running out? ...read more

Volume One of Three Volume Set. Updated to reflect new case and statutory law, this Practitioner Treatise is a timesaving guide to current practice, recent cases, and developments. Overviews the history and traditions underlying today’s laws. Footnotes supply additional author commentary and citations to leading cases. For convenience, sample forms and documents are provided. Also included is an in-depth analysis of issues including jury trials in admiralty, injunctive relief and the use of arbitration to resolve maritime disputes, plus examination of significant court decisions.

Product Description: Published by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), this guidebook provides those serving on ships carrying hazardous and noxious chemicals in bulk with up to date information on recognized good practice in safe operation. This is a companion to Tanker Safety Guide: Liquefied Gas...read more

Product Description: This work examines the numerous complex issues facing practitioners preparing for, and presenting a case in, the Companies Court. It analyzes the origin and jurisdiction of the court, proceedings under the Companies Act 1985, company administration and investigative powers, and includes an up-to-date survey of the practice of the court in areas such as company director's disqualifications and insolvency proceedings...read more

This guide looks at the workings of the 'Convention' of carriage of goods by road. The text takes an article by article approach, discussing relevant English and European case law to illustrate how courts interpret the convention in practice.