Editors:
- Highlights pioneering topics, such as the regulation of autonomous ships and block chain applications to commercial maritime law
- Includes Chinese legal perspectives on various aspects of international maritime law
- Explores the impacts of climate change on maritime law issues
Part of the book series: WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs (WMUSTUD, volume 8)
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Table of contents (37 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book provides valuable insights into various contemporary issues in public and private maritime law, including interdisciplinary aspects. The public law topics addressed include public international law and law of the sea, while a variety of private law topics are explored, e.g. commercial maritime law, conflict of laws, and new developments in the application of advanced technologies to maritime law issues. In addition, the book highlights current and topical discussions at international maritime forums such as the International Maritime Organization on regulatory and private law matters within the domain of marine environmental law, the law respecting seafarers’ affairs and maritime pedagogics, maritime security, comparative law in the maritime field, trade law, recent case law analysis, taxation law in the maritime context, maritime arbitration, carriage of passengers, port law, and limitation of liability.
Editors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Law, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China
Proshanto K. Mukherjee
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Maritime Law and Policy, World Maritime University, Malmö, Sweden
Maximo Q. Mejia
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Plymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
Jingjing Xu
About the editors
Professor Max Mejia is Director of the PhD Program and Head of the Maritime Law and Policy Specialization at the World Maritime University (WMU), where he has been a member of the resident faculty since 1998. Before joining WMU, he saw duty on board various naval and coast guard vessels as well as in shore-based facilities in the Philippines. His assignments included, inter alia, Commanding Officer of Port State Control Office Manila, Commander of Coast Guard Station Iligan, Deputy Executive Director of the Presidential Task Force on Maritime Development, and Assistant Chief of Staff for Navigational Safety. He earned his Bachelor of Science at the United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, Maryland, USA) and his Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School (Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA). He also has a Master of Science in Maritime Safety Administration from the World Maritime University (Malmö, Sweden) and a Licentiate of Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy from Lund University (Lund, Sweden). His PhD thesis is entitled “Law and Ergonomics in Maritime Security.”
Professor Jingjing Xu is Head of School, Plymouth Business School and Professor of Maritime Law and Economics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Maritime Law in Motion
Editors: Proshanto K. Mukherjee, Maximo Q. Mejia, Jingjing Xu
Series Title: WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31749-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-31748-5Published: 24 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-31751-5Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-31749-2Published: 23 January 2020
Series ISSN: 2196-8772
Series E-ISSN: 2196-8780
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 783
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Commercial Law, International Environmental Law