Argentina had argued that the seizure violated the immunity of military vessels under international maritime law.
Maritime law, which governs boat salvage, doesn't require the sort of disclosures that come with a house.
An expert on maritime law at Tulane University Law School, Martin Davies, agrees the strategy was sound.
Opposing Lozman are the Maritime Law Association, marine lenders, and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.
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This case hinges on the justices' interpretation of maritime law, and a ruling will probably focus narrowly on that.
Judge Barbier is an expert in maritime law and has consolidated hundreds of spill-related lawsuits into a single case.
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China has developed a modern body of maritime law, expanded a dedicated maritime-court infrastructure and encouraged a specialist bar of maritime lawyers.
Under current maritime law, any nation, even landlocked ones, can register ships.
Another factor that the author conveniently chooses to exclude, is the matter of the federal governments jurisdiction over matters pertaining to maritime law, including ports.
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The Constitution gives federal courts jurisdiction over maritime law, he notes, which explains why the Supreme Court takes a maritime case in just about every session.
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In addition, Exxon says, maritime law limits punitive damages.
Second, by managing the Suez Canal in conformance with international maritime law, Egypt facilitated the smooth transport of petroleum products to global markets and prevented Iran from operating in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Italy argues that because the case is now the subject of international maritime law, it had been decided that the pair will not return to India once the Supreme Court deadline has expired.
The U.S. government will temporarily waive a long-standing maritime law to boost the oil supply reaching the Northeast, an area of the country still reeling from Hurricane Sandy and running short on gasoline.
We welcomed the efforts this year of Indonesia, Republic of Korea and the United States to orient the ARF Inter-sessional Meeting on Maritime Security to include civil maritime law enforcement cooperation and capacity building.
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Mitchell Klein, an attorney with Bryan Cave LLP, predicts the justices will rule that punitive damages can't be collected against a company when a manager is solely at fault in a maritime law case.
Italy argues that because the case is now the subject of international maritime law, it has been decided that the pair will not return to India "on the expiration of the permission granted to them".
Italy argues that because the case is now the subject of international maritime law, it had been decided that the pair would not return to India "on the expiration of the permission granted to them".
The arrangement is commonplace under international maritime law, and it puts U.S. agencies and investigators in a secondary position even though the Triumph and other Carnival ships sail out of U.S. ports with primarily American customers.
While the submarines didn't violate international maritime law they didn't enter the 12-nautical-mile territorial waters near the areas in question their sightings rattled Japanese officials and led the government to issue a warning that an order deploying the military to maintain maritime security could be issued if submarines enter Japan's territorial waters.
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Few knowledgeable people dispute the growing evidence that BP was negligent in the way it bungled the completion of the well and caused this blowout, and that its negligence was "willful and wanton, " terms used in maritime law for centuries to provide for the award of punitive damages against this kind of egregious misconduct.
While the submarines did not technically violate international maritime law as they didn't enter the 12-nautical-mile territorial waters near the areas in question, their sighting rattled Japanese officials and led the government to issue a warning that an order deploying the military to maintain maritime security could be issued if submarines enter Japan's territorial waters.
As one Westerner who has practised maritime and commercial law in Shanghai for the past 15 years, I disagree.
And throughout Southeast Asia and Oceania, we will continue to develop maritime security and law enforcement partnerships and a presence that supports unimpeded commerce and freedom of navigation.
Following Burma, at the East Asia Summit in Cambodia, the President will address a broad set of issues of concern to the Asia-Pacific Region -- from maritime security and law enforcement to disaster response and humanitarian assistance, development, infectious disease, education, food security, and energy.
By adapting maritime precedents, space law could make orbital debris removal feasible, once the right economic incentives are in place.
With some 33, 000 full-time students, the University specializes in tropical agriculture, maritime studies, tourism and law.
Further, we are troubled thatcompulsory dispute resolution could pertain to public and private activities including law enforcement, maritime security, business operations, and nonmilitary activities performed aboard military vessels.
The four technical working groups address maritime security, information sharing, law enforcement strengthening, and crime prevention.
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