The maritime law of the United States is harmonious in broad outline with the laws of other maritime nations, but it has a unique structure--tied to the U.S. Constitution and the First Judiciary Act of 1789--entailing a special set of intellectual challenges. Admiralty and Maritime Law in the United States is a leading casebook that reveals the areas of international harmony and explores the special features of U.S. law. Each of the authors is an admiralty expert, but the book strives for a generalist's perspective. It aims to tie the admiralty field into the students' other studies while providing the fundamental professional tools necessary for the advanced study or practice of U.

S. maritime law. The fifth edition updates material throughout the book both to recognize recent changes in the law--including the Supreme Court's remarkable return to the field of marine insurance after almost seven decades of silence--and also to incorporate new scholarship.