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This book addresses the topical and current issues in maritime law and brings them together into a coherent strand by the common perspective of liabilities for the professional reader.

Liability Regimes in Contemporary Maritime Law appeals to the industry and legal profession and will provide a degree of analysis and discussion, while also bringing together in a single volume the essential interest in a range of individual subject-areas.

• Contains information on the latest liability issues in maritime law
• Provides in-depth discussion not usually found in textbooks
• Takes a comparative approach – both US and Civil law is examined
• Examines a wide range of different categories of liabilities
• Contributors are acknowledged experts in their respective fields
• Clearly laid out and structured

• Ship Source Pollution – Oil and Hazardous and Noxious Substances
• Port Liabilities
• Civil and Pollution Liabilities of Salvors
• Liabilities of Classification Societies under English and US Law
• The Influence of the ISM and ISPS Codes on the Evolution of Maritime Liabilities
• Passenger Liabilities and Insurance
• Liabilities for Wrongful Arrest of Ships under the Common Law and the Civil Law
• Substantive and Jurisdictional Issues Relating to Limitation of Liability

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