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Australian
Maritime Safety Authority
This government site provides significant
information and links to the relevant Australian shipping and navigation
laws.
Maritime
Law Association of Australia and New Zealand
Formed in 1974 with members from both Australia
and New Zealand. The site provides the Association's newsletters and journal
articles.
University of Queensland
Centre for Maritime Law
Centro
de Instrução Almirante Braz de Aguiar- Direito Marítimo
A collection of links concerning maritime
law from this Brazilian organization.
University of Antwerp
European Institute of Maritime and Transport
Law
AdmiraltyLaw.com
The first admiralty and maritime law site.
An exceptional site with an emphasis on the law of Canada. Recent Canadian
cases in virtually all areas of maritime law are summarized and archived.
The Association
of Maritime Arbitrators of Canada (AMAC)
This site includes a Report
of Cases page and articles
on maritime law topics.
Canadian
Coast Guard
Canadian
Maritime Law Association
The Canadian Maritime Law Association was
founded in 1951 and is Canada's representative to the Comite Maritime International.
Dalhousie
University School of Law
Marine and Environmental Law Programme
Lexpert
Directory
The Directory's section on Shipping Law with
related materials.
Tetley's Maritime and Admiralty Law
Professor Tetley's web site is a cornucopia
of articles, glossaries, notes, book excerpts and commentaries on admiralty
and maritime law. Of particular note is his Glossary
of Maritime Law Abbreviations, Definitions, Terms and Odds'N Ends.
Transport
Canada - Marine Acts and Regulations
China
Foreign-related Commercial and Maritime Trial
Provides information on maritime cases and
maritime courts in China.
China
Maritime Arbitration Commission
The web site of the Commission, which is
in Chinese. The Commission's
rules are posted in English at a commercial site maintained by the
Singapore based Arbitration Chambers.
China's
Maritime Procedure Law, 1999
An unofficial translation by Dr. K. X. Li
at the Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce site.
Hong
Kong Trade Development Co. - Laws & Regulations
This is an excellent web directory to sites
concerning the laws of China and Hong Kong, including shipping laws and
regulations.
LawInfoChina.com
A general legal site for Chinese law, with
a section on the maritime law of China.
Rolmax
Law Office
A Shanghai based law firm with online articles
on various aspects of Chinese maritime law.
Law
of the Sea and Maritime Law
Includes information on Croatian maritime
law and the law of the sea.
Cyprus Department of Merchant Shipping
Includes a Guide to Ship Registration and a section devoted to shipping legislation.
Chrysses
Demetriades & Co.
A law firm site, which includes a summary
of the Cyprus legal system and a summary of the law of Ship Registration.
Polakis
Sarris - Shipping Laws & Regulations
Reviews the general principles of maritime
law in Cyprus.
Danish
Institute of Arbitration (Copenhagen Arbitration)
Founded in 1981 by, among other groups, the
Danish Bar Association and the Association of Danish Judges.
Søfartsstyrelsens
The Danish Shipping Agency of the Ministry
of Business, which provides english translation of certain shipping legislation
and regulations. See also the Danish Coast
Guard (Farvandsvæsenet) site.
Eur-Lex
- The portal to European Union law
The web site for Eurpean Union law including
the Official Journal, Treaties, Legislation in force, Legislation in preparation,
Case-law, Parliamentary questions and Documents of public interest
Association Française du Droit Maritime
The Association was formed in 1897 and is
opened to all, lawyers and non-lawyers, who have an interest in maritime
law.
Chambre
Arbitrale Maritime de Paris
Chambre Arbitrale Maritime de Paris was founded
in 1966 by ship-owners, shippers, insurers, ship-brokers and ship-agents.
It is a private organisation, whose participating members are groups of
maritime professionals.
Maritime
and Ocean Law Center
This University of Nantes Center specializes
in ocean and coastal law.
University of Nice
Center for Study and Research in the Law
of Maritime Activities
Bundesamt
für Seesschiffahrt und Hydrographie
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
is the Federal authority in Germany with responsibility for maritime matters.
German
Maritime Arbitration Association
The Association was organized in 1983 by
members of the shipping trade and maritime lawyers from Hamburg and Bremen.
They were motivated by the then strong criticism of the effectiveness and
the costs of arbitration proceedings in London.
Seevölkerrecht
und Seehandelsrecht
Law of the Sea / Maritime Law
University
of Hamburg
Institute of Maritime Law and the Law of
the Sea
Ministry
of Mercantile Marine
Indian
Council of Arbitration
The Council provides services for commercial
arbitration, including maritime matters.
Maritime
Practice in India
A site devoted to the maritime law of
India.
Conway
Kelleher & Tobin
A short article discussing the maritime law
of Ireland via the International Centre for Commercial Law.
Associazione
italiana di diritto marittimo
The home page for the Maritime Law Association
of Italy.
Diritto
dei trasporti e della navigazione
A comprehensive site on Italian maritime
and transportation law. An English translation is provided for some
content.
Capitanerie
di Porto - Guardia Costiera
This government site includes relevant regulatory
and legislative information, some in English.
InforMare
- Laws & Regulations
Includes a database of Italian shipping laws.
Japan
Coast Guard
Responsibilities include search and rescue,
the marine environment, navigation charts & publications and aids to
navigation.
The
Japan Shipping Exchange
Since 1921 the Shipping Exchange has been
serving the shipping industry by administrating maritime arbitration, drafting
and promulgating maritime contract forms and publishing in-depth analysis
on shipping and logistics. The site includes a "Laws
of Japan" section.
Tokyo
Maritime Arbitration Commission
The Commission's site includes the Arbitration
Rules, Arbitration Awards and a directory of arbitrators.
Maritime
Law Association of Australia and New Zealand
Formed in 1974 with members from both Australia
and New Zealand. The site provides the Association's newsletters and journal
articles.
New
Zealand Maritime Law
This is an excellent site maintained by Paul
Myburgh of the University of Auckland. It includes copies of the relevant
statutes and the latest New Zealand maritime law cases.
Maritime
Safety Authority of New Zealand
A government entity established in 1993 to
promote a safe maritime environment and provide effective marine pollution
prevention and an effective marine oil pollution response system.
Norwegian
Marine Insurance Plan
Norwegian
Shipbrokers' Association
University
of Oslo
Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law.
Carreira
Pitti P.C.
Provides information concerning the maritime
law of Panama, including print articles on vessel arrests, cargo claims,
vessel registration, and formation of corporations. The articles must be
ordered via the web site.
Pardini & Associates
A law firm with an admiralty practice that
provides the Panama
Admiralty Law Report.
Direito
Marítimo e Direito do Mar (Beja Polytechnic)
A concise guide to maritime law resources
on the Internet, with an emphasis on Portugal.
Instituto
Marítimo - Portuário
Maritime
Law Association of South Africa
The South African MLA was formed in the early
1970s and is the professional association of maritime lawyers in South
Africa.
Shepstone
and Wylie
A law firm site that provides extensive information
on the maritime law of South Africa.
University
of Cape Town, Marine & Shipping Law
The Marine & Shipping Home Port of the
University of Cape Town's law faculty, which provides marine and shipping
law research materials.
Korea Maritime Law Association
Ministry
of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
This government site includes significant
content in English, including the text of the major Soth Korean maritime
laws.
AMYA
Articles on Spanish maritime law from this
Spainish law firm via the International Centre for Commercial Law.
Johnsson & Johnson
An article summarizing the maritime law of
Sweden via the International Centre for Commercial Law.
University
of Stockholm
Institute of Maritime and Transportation
Law.
Sjöfartsverket
The Swedish Maritime Administration is a
government agency that works to keep the sea lanes open and safe.
Swedish
Shipbrokers' Association
Admiralty
Solicitors Group, City of London
The Admiralty Solicitors Group was formed
in 1972 to promote and preserve standards in the practice of London Maritime
Law.
A
Guide to the U.K. Legal System
Sarah Carter at LLRX.com. This is an excellent
narrative introduction to the U.K. legal system with links to the primary
online sources.
British
Maritime Law Association
The British Maritime Law Association was
founded in 1908. The Association acts as an adviser to the U.K. Government
on matters concerning maritime legislation and regulation and co-operates
with the CMI in researching and drafting international conventions.
Elborne
Mitchell - Insurance and Shipping Judgments
This law firm provides digests of insurance and shipping
judgments.
Her
Majesty's Stationary Office
Provides the full text of United Kingdom
legislation.
London
Maritime Arbitrators Association
The London Maritime Arbitrators Association
is an association of practising maritime arbitrators founded in 1960. The
site includes a link to the text of the Arbitration Act of 1996.
The
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
See the Guidance
and Regulations page for links to the relevant publications and regulations
of this government agency.
Morgans
The Shipping Case Index, a reference guide
to over 1,000 selected English Court admiralty and maritime law related
decisions together with links to other useful websites.
Shipping & Transport Case Notes
This is a case note service provided by arbitrator
David Martin-Clark that includes shipping cases from England and Singapore.
UK
Coastal Zone Law Web Site
A comprehensive site devoted to coastal zone
law issues, including links, cases and notes on various aspects of the
law.
University
of London
The London Shipping Law Centre
University
of Southampton, Institute of Maritime Law
The Institute is the largest center in the
United Kingdom for the study of maritime law and for teaching, research
and consultancy in the subject. A lengthy list of maritime law related
links is provided.
Waltons
and Morse - Insurance Resources
Includes a link to a page with firm bulletins
on various marine insurance and shipping issues.
Asociación
Venezolana de Derecho Marítimo
The Venezuelan Association of Maritime Law
was founded in 1978 and is open to those interested in maritime law.
Sabatino
Pizzalonte
A law firm site that includes a significant
number of articles and publications on shipping law in Venezuela.
International
Law Office
This site presents newsletters by law firms
around the world. The Shipping/Transport section includes newsletters from
firms in Australia, France, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Netherlands,
Norway, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom and United States.
Seaman's
Rights
A guide from the Center for Seafarers' Rights
of the Seaman's Church Institute that outlines the rights of merchant mariners
under the laws of a number of countries, including Liberia, Malta, the
Bahamas, the Philippines and Norway.
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