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U.S. Admiralty & Maritime Law

Posted Feb. 15, 2007.
Prepared by Ann Hemmens for Admiralty & Maritime Law A585, Professor Nancy Harriss.

Research Guides

Sarah K. Wiant, Admiralty and Maritime Law, chapter 7 in Specialized Legal Research (2004 Supp.). KF240.S63 1987 at Reference Area & Reference Office

Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute, Admiralty

Georgetown Law Library, Maritime Law

Terminology

Glossary of Maritime Law Terms (2d ed. 2004), updated regularly by William Tetley at McGill Law School

U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Glossary of Shipping Terms

Secondary Sources

Periodical Indexes

Legal Resource Index / LegalTrac
Westlaw: LRI
LexisNexis: Legal Resource Index

Current Index to Legal Periodicals , weekly. K33.C87 at Reference Area
Westlaw: CILP, last 8 weeks

Select Specialized Periodicals & Articles

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

Loyola Maritime Law Journal

Maritime Policy and Management

Ocean and Coastal Law Journal

Tulane Maritime Law Journal

University of San Francisco Maritime Law Journal

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Selected Texts (National or Federal)

All items are located in the Reference Area, unless another location is given.

Brief Overviews

Frank L. Maraist & Thomas C. Galligan, Admiralty in a Nutshell (5th ed. 2005). KF1105.M34 2005

Thomas J. Schoenbaum, Admiralty and Maritime Law (4th ed. 2004). KF1104.S36 2004b
One volume hornbook.

Detailed Treatments

Erastus Cornelius Benedict, Benedict on Admiralty (8th ed.). KF1104.B4 1958
“The authoritiative American multivolume looseleaf treatise covering all aspects of maritime law except marine insurance.” Updated regularly.

Henry G. Fischer & John W. Willis, Pike & Fischer Shipping Regulation (updated 2006). KF2606.A6 P53
Three-volume looseleaf set.

Grant Gilmore & Charles L. Black Jr., The Law of Admiralty (2d ed. 1975). KF1104.G5 1975

Practitioner Materials

Charles M. Davis, Maritime Law Deskbook (2005 ed.). KF1101.5.D38 2005

Thomas J. Schoenbaum, Admiralty and Maritime Law (4th ed. 2006). KF1104 .S36 2004
Three-volume “practitioner treatise."
Westlaw: ADMMARL

West’s Federal Forms. KF8836.W3
Volume 7 contains Admiralty Forms.
Westlaw: FEDFORMS-MRT

Moore’s Federal Practice (3d ed. 2006). KF8820.A313M63 1997at Reference Area
Volume 29 of this multi-volume set is dedicated to Admiralty Practice.
LexisNexis: Moore's Federal Practice - Civil

Select Specialized Topics

Robert Force & Martin J. Norris, The Law of Maritime Personal Injuries (5th ed. 2004). KF1107.N67 2004
Two-volume looseleaf set, updated regularly.
Westlaw: MARITIME

William Tetley et al., International Conflict of Laws: Common, Civil, and Maritime (1994). K7449.T47 1994

Lane C. Kendall & James J. Buckley, The Business of Shipping (7th ed. 2001). HE571.K4 2001

Paul S. Edelman & Warren Freedman, Marine Laws: Navigation and Safety (4th ed. 2004). KF2531.A3 1994 at Classified Stacks.

William Tetley et al., Marine Cargo Claims (3d ed. 1988). K1176 .T47 1988

Williiam Tetley et al., Maritime Liens and Claims (2d ed. 1998). K1188.B6T34 1998 at Classified Stacks

International Maritime Organization, International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (1994). K4178.D A34 1994 at Classified Stacks

Z. Oya Ozcayir, Liability for Oil Pollution and Collisions (1998). K956.O921998 at Classified Stacks

Maritime Law Handbook. K1155.4.I5 1987 at Classified Stacks
Three-volume looseleaf set, updated regularly.

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Searching the Law Library Catalog

Begin with a keyword search or select a subject heading, such as:

Select Federal Statutes

Jones Act (Merchant Marine), 46 App USC § 861 et seq.
Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, 33 USC § 901 et seq.
Death on the High Seas Act, 46 App USC § 761 et seq.
Admiralty Jurisdiction Act, 46 App USC § 740
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 46 App USC § 1300 et seq.

Use “Popular Names Table” volumes in USCA (KF62 at Reference Area) or USCS (KF62 at Reference Area) to locate laws by name. Available online from Cornell’s Legal Information Institute.

Rules of Civil Procedure

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, “Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims”, 28 App USC

Cases

American Maritime Cases (1923- , monthly). KF1100.A2 A4 at Reference Area
Unofficial reporter of U.S. federal and states cases, select arbitration decisions, and select Canadian cases. Includes 5-year digests.
LexisNexis: American Maritime Cases, 1795–

Admiralty Law of the Supreme Court (3d ed. 1979). KF1104.B3 1979 at Classified Stacks

Westlaw: FMRT-CS, 1789-

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Agency Materials

Code of Federal Regulations. KF70 at Reference Area
Select titles and chapters:

Federal Maritime Commission
An independent regulatory agency established in 1961 charged with administration of the regulatory provisions of shipping laws, specifically regulating “ocean-borne transportation in the foreign commerce of the U.S.”

U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (MARAD)
Develops and maintains an American merchant marine for national security and domestic and foreign commerce. Website contains laws, reports, statistics, forms, and other documents.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

National Transportation Safety Board Decisions (1967-91). KF2172.A2TZ at Reference Area & Reference Area Microfiche

Associations

Maritime Law Association of the United States

American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee. Newsletter up through 2004 on website.

Websites

Admiralty & Maritime Law Guide
"Over 1,500 annotated links to admiralty law resources on the Internet and a growing database of admiralty case digests, opinions and international maritime conventions,” maintained by Todd Kenyon, an admiralty attorney.

Tulane Law School (New Orleans), Tulane Maritime Law Center

Holland & Knight, U.S. Maritime Law Information

Admiraltylaw.com
"Canadian maritime law, admiralty law and shipping law”

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Select International Materials, Websites & Organizations

See also the Gallagher guide on International Law of the Sea Research.

International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law

Ocean Development and International Law

New Directions in the Law of the Sea. Global Developments (2 per year). KZA1120.N492 1995 at Classified Stacks

International Maritime Organization, Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 and 1996 Protocol (2d ed. 2003). K388.31972.A5 2003 at Reference Area

International Maritime Organization, COLREG: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (4th ed. 2003). VK371.C66 2003 at Reference Area

International Maritime and Commercial Law Yearbook (annual). K1150.A15I57 at Classified Stacks

The Law of the Sea: Official Texts of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1997). KZA1120.21982 .A2 1997 at Reference Area

Tufts University, Marine and Coastal Treaties

International Maritime Organization

University of Southhampton School of Law, Institute of Maritime Law
 United Kingdom and European materials.

McGill Law School (Canada), Tetley’s Maritime and Admiralty Law

United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea

Comite Maritime International (CMI)
A nongovernmental international organization working to unify maritime law.
Singapore Conference webpage includes materials dealing with marine insurance, salvage, general average, piracy and the carriage of passengers.

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