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Maritime & Admiralty Law Treatises

 

Admiralty and Maritime Law. Thomas J. Schoenbaum
KF1104 .S36
This is a three volume ready reference to the special procedures, rules, jurisdiction questions and remedies of American admiralty and maritime law. Updated annually with pocket parts.

Admiralty in a Nutshell. Frank Maraist & Thomas C. Galligan, Jr.
KF1105 .M34
This nutshell offers a concise overview of admiralty law.

 

 

Benedict on Admiralty. Erastus Cornelius Benedict, revised by Elijah E. Jhirad and Alexander Sann
KF1104 .B4 (Library's print subscription last updated 2004)
Available on Lexis
This is the authorative multi-volume looseleaf treatise on admiralty and maritime law. All aspects of maritime law are discussed - from carriage of goods by sea to admiralty rules to cruise ships - and leading cases are analyzed throughout. The set includes practice and procedure forms, as well as marine insurance forms and is updated online only.

The Law of Admiralty. Grant Gilmore & Charles Black
KF1104 .G47
Although Gilmore and Black has not been updated since 1975, it is still one of the leading treatises on the subject of maritime law.

 

 

The Law of Seaman. Martin J. Norris
Available on Westlaw
This online treatise provides coverage of maritime law governing rights and obligations of merchant seamen. It includes statutes, rules, and case law. and covers topics such as jurisdiction, definitions, duties of American consults, relation of foreign counsels to seamen, maritime administrative law, shipping articles, log books, desertion, crew salvage and more,

 

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