Conditions aboard ship can be brutal for some mariners, especially those from Third World countries working on substandard ships. Roberto Tiangco d...

From the time of Elizabeth I in the second half of the sixteenth century, London has dominated the marine insurance markets. This led the English t...

This is the only truly comprehensive work on marine insurance in the United States published since the last edition of Phillips on Insurance in 186...

Recreational boating presents more than its fair share of legal hazards. An unsuspecting buyer may discover too late that the yacht is encumbered b...

In its first two editions by the late Alex L. Parks, this work achieved a worldwide reputation as the authority on the maritime laws that relate to...

The U.S. economy is dependent on a secure global supply chain. In fiscal year 2013, approximately 12 million maritime cargo shipments arrived in th...

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...

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

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

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...