Maritime Law Resources: Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

Benedict on Admiralty is a multivolume treatise providing information on nearly every topic falling under the purview of Maritime Law.

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A resource to assist with research about death and injury claims of seamen.

Comprehensive coverage of maritime personal injury issues. Contains thorough technical explanations and practical applications of the leading cases, devoting entire sections to landmark decisions such as Scandia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los Santos. Details rules to follow when you're faced with a maritime personal injury lawsuit. Analyzes increasing number of passenger personal injury cases regarding negligence, navigation, medical attention, protection from harm, passenger negligence, and more. Provides thorough treatment of the Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act.

Authoritative coverage of maritime law governing rights and obligations of merchant seamen. Includes statutes, rules, and case law. Covers jurisdiction, definitions, duties of American consuls, relation of foreign counsels to seamen, maritime administrative law, shipping articles, log books, desertion, crew salvage, criminal offenses, loss of clothing and personal effects, wages, change of rating, fine and forfeitures, deductions and set-offs, improper discharge, transportation and repatriation, the wreck statute, maritime liens, punishment, false imprisonment, seamen’s releases, duties of mater and crew, maintenance and cure, seaworthiness, suits against the government, the Death on the High Seas and Jones Acts, products liability, and practice and procedure.

Seafarers' Rights provides the reader with a systematic analysis of the rights of seafarers in the context of the international shipping industry, showing how they are made up of a combination of national and international laws, drawn from a number of sources including maritime law, labor law and international human rights law. Central chapters on these topics are dealt with on an international basis, and complemented by 12 chapters covering key national regimes of particular importance in terms of shipping. Countries covered in the national chapters include Brazil, China, Norway, Russia, South Africa, UK and the US.