A. Nutshells

Maraist, Frank L. Admiralty in a Nutshell. 4th ed. St. Paul, MN : West Group, 2001.
<Reserve KF1105.M34 2001>

CONTENTS (paraphrased): Indicia and scope of the maritime jurisdiction.—Contracts for carriage of goods.—Liens on maritime property.—The seaman’s employment contract, wages and compromise of claims.—Marine insurance.—Towage and pilotage.—Salvage.—General average.—Maritime tort law.—Collision law.—Worker injury claims.—Wrongful death.—Platform injuries.—Sovereign immunity.—Joint and several liability, indemnity and contribution.—Limitation of liability.—Jurisdiction and procedure in maritime claims.

CONTENTS: Nationality of vessels.—Duties and jurisdiction of flag state and restrictions on jurisdiction of states over foreign vessels.—The baseline for determining zones of national jurisdiction.—Boundaries of maritime jurisdiction between adjacent and opposite states.—Internal waters and ports.—The territorial sea.—Exclusive economic zone.—Continental shelf.—Exploitation of the mineral resources of the deep seabed.—Protection and preservation of the marine environment.—High seas freedom.—Settlement of disputes.

Gilmore, Grant, and Charles L. Black, Jr. The Law of Admiralty. 2d ed. Mineola, NY : Foundation Press, 1975.
<KF1104.G5 1975>

CONTENTS (paraphrased): History and jurisdiction.—Marine insurance.—Carriage of goods under bills of lading.—Charter parties (Voyage charter; time charters; demise or bare-boat charters).—General average.—Rights of seamen and maritime workers, including recovery for death and injury.—Collision.—Salvage.—Maritime liens and ship mortgages.—Limitation of liability.—Governmental activity in shipping.

CONTENTS (paraphrased): History and elements of admiralty law.—Constitutional authorization.—Torts in admiralty.—Workmen’s compensation.—Wrongful death.—Admiralty contract.—Contracts for arbitration.—Law governing aboard ships, at sea, and in harbor, with sovereign immunity.—The seaman.—Jurisdiction in rem and the maritime lien.—Common carrier by water.—Water carriage under charter.—Towage.—Pilotage.—Salvage.—General average.—Collision.—Limitation of liability.

CONTENTS (paraphrased): Jurisdiction.—Federalism issues.—General maritime law.—Seamen.—Longshore and harbor workers.—Wrongful death.—Maritime liens and ship mortgages.—Carriage of goods.—Charter parties.—Towage.—Pilotage.—Collision and marine casualty.—Limitation of liability.—Salvage.—General average.—Marine pollution.—Marine insurance.—Sovereign immunity.—Admiralty practice and procedure.

Healy, Nicholas J., and David J. Sharpe. Cases and Materials on Admiralty. 3d ed. St. Paul, MN : West Group, 1999.
<Reserve KF1103.S6 1999>

CONTENTS (paraphrased): Jurisdiction.—Admiralty practice.—Maritime liens and ship mortgages.—Charter parties.—Ocean bills of lading.—Personal injury and wrongful death.—Collision.—Maritime services and products..—Salvage.—General average.—Marine insurance.—Limitation of shipowners’ liability.—Pollution from ships.

CONTENTS (paraphrased): Navigable waters.—Locality and subject matter in re jurisdiction.—Federalism issues.—Jurisdiction in rem and in personam.—Appeals in admiralty.—Suits against the government.—Maritime liens.—Carriage of passengers.—Carriage of goods.—Salvage.—General average.—Collision.—Industrial accidents involving seamen or longshoremen/harbor workers.—Death actions.—Limitation of liability.—Federal preemption.

American Jurisprudence 2d
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CONSULT THE FOLLOWING GENERAL INDEX ENTRIES (including cross-references): Admiralty; Longshore Workers and Stevedores; Marine Insurance; Ships and Shipping

PRINCIPAL ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC: Admiralty; Insurance; Salvage; Shipping; Wharves

CONSULT THE FOLLOWING GENERAL INDEX ENTRIES (including cross-references): Admiralty; Longshoremen and Harbor Workers; Maritime Law; Maritime Liens; Salvage; Seaman; Ships and Shipping; Wharves; Docks and Piers

PRINCIPAL ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC: Admiralty; Maritime Liens; Navigable Waters; Pilots of Vessels; Salvage; Seamen; Shipping

Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute.  Program Materials. Athens, GA : Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, 1998-
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Includes reports on recent developments in maritime law from statutory and judicial sources with a focus on the Southeastern United States.  Library has program materials from 1998 and 1999 conferences.

CONTENTS: Vessel financing.—Personal injury and death.—Vessel repair: Vessel owners’ concerns relating to ship repair contracts, liens, etc.; shipyards, repairmen, repair liens from the shipyard’s perspective.—State and federal intervention.—Handling collision cases.

Brodie, Peter R. Illustrated Dictionary of Cargo Handling. London : Lloyd’s of London Press, 1991.
<Ref. VK235.B76 1991>

"[D]escribe[s] and illustrate[s] the visual elements of cargo handling, including ship types, both basic and specialised, port equipment and facilities, breakbulk handling facilities and the different shipping containers."

Garoche, Pierre. Dictionary of Commodities Carried by Ship. Cambridge, MD : Cornell Maritime Press, 1952.
<Ref. VK235.G325 1952>

Purpose: "[T]o present some useful information regarding the many classes and items of goods, substances, and merchandise transported by ship; particularly with the view of pointing out the necessary precautions against loss or damage either to a given lot of cargo itself or to other commodities that might be exposed to its possible damaging influence, as through being stowed in a common compartment"

"[I]ncludes many of the words which appear in the Department of Trade’s Examinations for Certificates of Competancy [Great Britain] Terminology used by deck, marine engineering and electrical engineering officers ..."

Includes "words and definitions related to seamanship, commercial shipping, maritime and international law, ship construction and equipment, naval architecture, marine insurance and average, navigation, oceanography and marine meteorology, methods and gear used in commercial fisheries, navigational appliances and nautical instruments, shipbuilding materials, boatbuilding, yachting, and whaling."

"8000 Definitions in Navigation, Seamanship, Rigging, Meteorology, Astronomy, Naval Architecture, Average, Ship Economics, Hydrography, Cargo Stowage, Marine Engineering, Ice Terminology, Buoyage, Yachting, etc."

"Including a comprehensive list of ports and shipping places of the world."

Noel, John V. The VNR Dictionary of Ships & the Sea. New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981.
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Covers "[a]ll major activities and disciplines of the sea [including] oceanography, ocean engineering, familiar sea mammals, fish and plants, weather, ships and shipping, seamanship along with operating in ice, cargo handling, commercial maritime terms, marine insurance, ships and gear used in ocean fishing, yachting under power and sail, and the sport of surfing."

Provides references to cases defining and interpreting words and phrases, including many associated with admiralty and maritime law. Search alphabetically by the word or phrase in question.