CONTENTS

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CHAPTER PAGE
Editors' Preface v
Author's Preface ix
I. Maritime Law 1
1. General Maritime Law 1
2. Sources in United States 1
3. Courts 2
4. Jurisdiction 2
A. The Ship 2
B. The Waters 3
5. Maritime Contracts and Torts 4
6. Personality of Ship 5
7. Limits of Liability 5
8. Equitable Principles 6
9. General Considerations 6
II. Title and Transfer 10
1. How Title Acquired 10
2. Registration and Regulation 10
3. Shipbuilding Contracts 10
4. Not Within Admiralty Jurisdiction 12
5. Enrollment and Registration 12
6. Ships Entitled to 12
7. Incidents of Enrollment or Registration 13
8. How Obtained 14
9. Recording of American-built Foreign Ships 16
10. Name 16
11. Sale 17
12. Transfer of Flag and Sales to Foreigners 17
13. Admiralty Sales 18
14. Sales by Trustees and Executors 19
15. Sales by Mortgagee 19
16. Sales by Master 19
17. Sale of Ship at Sea 22
18. Appurtenances 23
19. Warranties and Representations 113
5. Liabilities of Underwriters 221
8. Intervenors 221
9. Costs and Expenses 221
10. Proceedings in Personam 222
11. Process in Personam 222
12. Proceedings in Limitation of Liability 222
APPENDICES
I. Summary of Navigation Laws of the United States 225
II. The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 263
III. Protest 290
Table of Cases 291
Index 299

THE LAW OF THE SEA

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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