American maritime law probably seems like a world unto itself to most law students. This text gives you a first-class ticket to that world. It covers many recent developments in the United States Supreme Court on seaman status and remedies. Yet it is much more than an update. It gives the scope and highlights of the field that you need to excel in understanding it, from maritime jurisdiction to sovereign immunity. This will help you answer exam questions more quickly and accurately.

A LANDMARK TREATISE ON MARITIME LAW Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1859. Two volumes. Reprint of the first edition. This impressive treatise was a landmark work because it was the first to consider the law of shipping, the law of marine insurance and the law and practice of admiraltyas interconnected aspects of maritime law. It also includes anextensive list of United States statutes relating to commercial andmaritime matters and the rules of practice for United States Courtsof Admiralty and Maritime jurisdiction. In sum, this work offers anunparalleled contemporary overview of the subject by one of themost important American legal scholars of the period.

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

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: This Hornbook provides an overview of the history and traditions underlying today’s admiralty and maritime law. Topics covered include the law of the sea, jurisdiction, maritime torts, seamen’s remedies, and workers’ compensation as it applies to the maritime setting...read more

Product Description: The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr...read more

Product Description: Limitation of liability for maritime claims is an important system for the shipping industry. The original rationale for such a system was to encourage the shipping enterprise. However, in our today's much changed world, the system has been under severe attack and has been described as hopelessly anachronistic'...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: This book furnishes a quick and clear exposition of the statutory and regulatory responsibilities of those participating in the sale, processing, and transportation of cargo shipped from the United States. It analyzes in detail the duties imposed by the Shipping Act of 1984 on those engaged in U...read more

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Covers insurance, loans, anchoring rights, tax requirements, liens, liability considerations, and admiralty law

Product Description: The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA) was enacted toachieve international uniformity in the law governing billsof lading. This legislative history addresses a significantneed for evidence of the intended meaning of thisinternational uniform law by assembling and organizing allmaterials for easy reference...read more

Product Description: Since 1945, the law of the sea has been developing at a rapid pace, becoming one of the most important areas of public international law. In addition to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, there are more than one hundred treaties or agreements relating to this area...read more

Product Description: The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr...read more