U.S. Admiralty & Maritime Law: International Sources

Updated February 3, 2010.
Prepared by Ann Hemmens for Admiralty & Maritime Law A585, Professor Nancy Harriss; updated by Lori Fossum for Admiralty & Maritime Law A585, Winter 2010, Professor Craig Allen.

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


Journals

International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law

Ocean Development and International Law

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

International Maritime and Commercial Law Yearbook: A Jurisdictional Review of International Maritime and Commercial Law (annual). K1150.A15I57 at Classified Stacks


Books

International Maritime Organization, Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 and 1996 Protocol (2d ed. 2003). K3588.31972 .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

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

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Websites

Tufts University, Marine and Coastal Treaties

International Maritime Organization

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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