Maritime Law Handbook

Christian Breitzke and Jonathan Lux (eds)

Essential practice guide to international maritime law
Unmatched country-by-country overview of arrest of vessels, enforced sale of vessels, registration of vessels, and mortgage on vessels
Includes texts of most relevant conventions, regularly updated

General Section

International Section

International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Concerning the Immunity of State-Owned Ships, Brussels, 10th April 1926

International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Maritime Liens nd Mortgages, Brussels, 1926

International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages, Geneva, 1993

International Convention Relating to the Arrest of Seagoing Ships, Brussels, 10 May 1952

Protocol Supplementary to the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Concerning the Immunity of State-Owned Ships of April 10,1926

National Contributions

Algeria

Argentina

Australia

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

Chile

China

Croatia

Curaçao and Aruba

Cyprus

Denmark

England and Wales

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong

India

Israel

Italy

Japan

Liberia

Malaysia

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mexico

Montenegro

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Panama

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Russian Federation

Singapore

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Taiwan

Thailand

Turkey

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United States of America

Vanuatu

The Maritime Law Handbook is the pre-eminent source of sea law for practitioners dealing with this aspect of international law. Its straightforward presentation – presented both by topic and by country – makes this information extremely accessible.

Thus, a practitioner looking for quick information on an issue as it relates to a particular country will find the Maritime Law Handbook a highly useful reference work. The work includes the following:

texts of most relevant conventions;
coverage extending to over fifty countries; and
new country reports and updates on a regular basis, ensuring that this broad range of material remains current.

This Handbook is prepared under the auspices of Maritime and Transport Law Committee of the Legal Practice Division of the IBA.

Practitioners handling cases with a maritime element will benefit enormously from this online resource. Academics in the specialized areas of maritime and admiralty law will discover a particularly valuable window into the ongoing issues in these areas of law.

ISBN: 9789065443328

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England and Wales: Part I. Arrest of Vessels (PDF)

England and Wales: Part II. Flag and Registration of Vessels... (PDF)

England and Wales: Part III. Judicial Sales of Vessels and P... (PDF)

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