To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first edition of Nautical Rules of the Road, Cornell Maritime Press has released a 4th Edition. This updat...

In February 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted an order that will impose rules governing the management of Internet traffic ...

New scenarios present in the sea require new legal and political approaches, because the rules governing these spaces have been out of place or new...

The objective of this book is to provide readers and students with an integrated understanding of the global environmental regimes for the water re...

This book deals with international guidelines relating to the protection of the Ozone Layer, endangered species and World Heritage sites. The most ...

There is no legal instrument specifically designing peacekeeping operations. These operations form part of what legal science calls the subsidiary ...

Protectionism is the economic policy of restraining trade between states, through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, restrictive quotas, an...

The purpose of the legislation discussed in chapter 1 is to do the following: support national defense and the United States Merchant Marine by aut...

Rapid changes in the price of oil and the impact of such price changes on economies around the globe have attracted considerable attention. In mid-...

This book analyses recent Supreme Court decisions and their implications. Legislative decisions examined include: sex discrimination developments; ...

The international nature of the maritime industry means that ships are subject to the varying legal jurisdictions of the ports in which they call. ...

This report contains synopses of Supreme Court decisions issued from the beginning of the October 2004 Term through the end of the Term on June 27,...

This book provides synopses of Supreme Court decisions issued from the October 2000 through October 2004 terms with a focus on providing a quick re...

The world is in the midst of a revolution in military affairs, caused by a shift from symmetric to asymmetric war the digitisation and globalisatio...

In 1996, Congress enacted comprehensive reform of the nation's statutory and regulatory framework for telecommunications by passing the Telecommuni...

Territorial disputes refer to disputes over territories that are claimed by two or more independent countries. The disputes may evolve from histori...

Although likely a small percentage of all people screened, the thousands of persons misidentified to the Terrorist Watch List can experience additi...

Some years ago, while a Senior Lecturer-in-Law at BPP University, one of my Master of Laws' students asked if he could write a dissertation in Mari...

A complete text on the law of collision reflecting the adoption of the 1972 International Regulations for Avoiding Collisions at Sea (COLREGS), whi...

The goals of the National Environmental Policy Act are to declare a national environmental policy, provide federal agencies with action-forcing pro...

Trade liberalisation can enhance the economic welfare of all trade partners, but in adjusting to greater competition, many import- competing firms ...

This book makes an intensive review of the literature on trade liberalisation and its impacts on growth and distribution in developing countries. M...

This book examines the state of China's trade agreements with various regions of the world and the strategy and rationale behind them. In its camp...

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Export Enforcement arm of BIS protects U.S. national se...