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admiralty law
(redirected from Admiralty jurisdiction)

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Noun1.admiralty law - the branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.
marine law, maritime law
barratry - (maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
international law, law of nations - the body of laws governing relations between nations
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The cases are presented along with textual commentary in chapters devoted to admiralty jurisdiction, conceptual structure, and practice; personal injury, death, and tortuous harm to property; carriage of goods; collision; towage and pilotage; general average; salvage; maritime liens and ship mortgages; limitation of liability; marine insurance; sovereign immunity; and forum shopping.
Admiralty and maritime law in the United States; cases and materials, ... by Reference & Research Book News
Convinced that admiralty jurisdiction supplied a unique opportunity to remodel the system of tort recovery, the Court acted without deference to Congress or the States.
Shifting course in admiralty: Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker by Vu, Jessica / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
Admiralty jurisdiction over these sorts of claims may preempt competing legal rules that would otherwise apply on land and may limit the compensation that can be sought by victims in some circumstances.
Counterterrorism should focus on cruise ships by Green, Meg / Best's Review
 
 
 
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