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7 unusual facts about admiralty law


Chicago flood

- 513 U.S. 527 (1994) which ruled that since the work was being done by a vessel in navigable waters of the Chicago River, Admiralty law applied and Great Lakes liability was greatly limited.

Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City

The missions of CGAS Elizabeth City include search and rescue (SAR), Maritime Law enforcement, International Ice Patrol, aids to navigation support (such as operating lighthouses), and marine environmental protection (such as responding to oil spills).

Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco

CGAS San Francisco also supports a wide range of other Coast Guard operations such as Maritime Law enforcement, port security, Aids to Navigation support and Marine Environmental Protection to approximately 300 miles of coastline from Point Conception to Fort Bragg 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Freedom of navigation

Up to the early modern age, international maritime law was governed by customs that were sometimes codified as for example in the 14th-century Catalan Consolat de Mar (Customs of the sea).

Rolls of Oléron

The Rolls of Oléron (Rôles d'Oléron, also known as the "Judgments of Oleron" and the "Rules of Oléron") were the first formal statement of "maritime" or "admiralty" laws in northwestern Europe.

Tianjin Maritime Court

Tianjin Maritime Court (天津海事法院) is a maritime court with jurisdiction of all matters of national and international Maritime law.

University of San Francisco Maritime Law Journal

The University of San Francisco Maritime Law Journal (Bluebook abbreviation: U.S.F. Mar. L.J.) is a biannual law review that includes an annual survey of United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cases pertaining to admiralty and maritime law.


Grandall Law Firm

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Nick Cruz

Cruz has practised law in Gibraltar ever since, concentrating on Trust, Company, Admiralty, Conveyancing, Labour & Employment, Commercial and Civil Litigation.

Samuel Blatchford

He became well known for preparing summaries of United States circuit court cases, serving for a time as reporter of decisions for the Circuit Court in New York, and developed a lucrative practice in admiralty law.


see also

William Ryves

He belonged to a gifted family : one brother, Sir Thomas Ryves, was the leading expert on ecclesiastical and Admiralty law of his time, and another brother George was Master of New College, Oxford.