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Berlingieri on Arrest of Ships, 4th Edition explores the history of the work performed in the successful attempt to unify the law on arrest of ships. It provides an article per article commentary of the provisions of the two Conventions adopted in the second part of last century; the 1952 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Arrest of Sea-Going Ships and the 1999 International Convention on Arrest of Ships with reference to the travaux préparatoires. This is accompanied by an analysis of the jurisprudence of a number of States party to the 1952 Convention as well as of the manner in which such Convention has been implemented by certain States parties.

This book is the authority on Ship Arrest and is unique in its field as it is currently the only work available that discusses and compares the two conventions in depth.

Reference is made in the book to the manner in which the Convention has been implemented in a number of maritime countries that have ratified the Convention, as well as to the manner in which the provisions of the Conventions have been construed by the courts of the Contracting States.

The new edition provides:

• an in depth analysis and a comparison between the provisions of the 1952 and 1999 Conventions
• a commentary on the new 1999 Arrest Convention and its travaux préparatoires
• details of a number of court decisions issued since the 3rd edition, in which provisions of the 1952 Convention have been considered and interpreted
• an analysis of the jurisprudence of a number of States party to the 1952 Convention as well as of the manner in which such Convention has been implemented by certain States parties

In addition Berlingieri on Arrest of Ships, 4th Edition enables the reader to find vital information quickly and easily without having to consult other, often inaccessible sources.

About the Author:

Senior Partner of the law firm Studio Legale Berlingieri.

President of the Comité Maritime International (“CMI�) from 1976 to 1991, President of Honour of the CMI, Observer for the CMI at the IMO/UNCTAD Joint Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Maritime Liens and Mortgages and Arrest of Ships and at the 1999 Diplomatic Conference on Arrest of Ships.

Member of the Italian Delegation at the 1951 Naples Conference of the CMI when the Draft Convention on Arrest of Ships was discussed. As President of the CMI the Author has supervised the work of the CMI International Sub-Committee which prepared the new Draft Convention on Arrest of Ships approved by the CMI Lisbon Conference in 1985 and had then attended, as observer for the CMI, all sessions of the IMO/UNCTAD Joint Intergovernmental Group of Expert and the subsequent Diplomatic Conference which adopted the new Arrest Convention.

 This book is part of the Lloyd's Shipping Law Library.

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