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17 Tul. Mar. L.J. 139 (1992-1993)
The Law of the Flag, Flag Shopping, and Choice of Law

handle is hein.journals/tulmar17 and id is 147 raw text is: THE LAW OF THE FLAG, FLAG SHOPPING, AND CHOICE OF LAW William Tetley, Q.C.* I. Introduction-The Law of the Ship's Flag ............. 140 II. The Purpose and Plan of This Article ................. 142 III. Conflicts and Maritime Law ........................... 142 1. Definition of 'Private international Law, or Conflict of Laws ................................ 142 2. Maritime Transactions and the Conflict of Laws ... 143 IV. Early History-Conflicts of Maritime Law ............. 143 1. The Lex M aritima ................................ 143 2. Nationalism and the Territorial Theory ............ 145 3. Nationalism and the Law of the Ship's Flag ........ 146 V. Modem Legislation Stipulating the Law of the Flag .... 147 1. National Laws .................................... 147 2. International Conventions ......................... 149 3. Lloyd's Open Form 1990 .......................... 152 VI. The Writers and the Law of the Flag .................. 152 1. Dicey & M orris ................................... 152 2. Cheshire & North ................................. 153 3. The Restatement (First) of Conflict of Laws ........ 154 4. The Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws ..... 155 5. The Restatement (Third) of Foreign Relations Law. 155 6. French Authorities ................................ 155 VII. The Leading Judicial Statement (Lauritzen v. Larsen, 1953) ................................................. 156 VIII. Decisions and Examples of Law of the Flag ........... 158 1. Introduction ...................................... 158 2. Ship Discipline, Administration, and Crew Contracts ......................................... 158 3. Marriage on the High Seas ........................ 160 4. Charter Parties and Law of the Flag ............... 160 5. Contracts Entered into in Distant Ports ............ 161 * Professor, Maritime Law, McGill University; Distinguished Visiting Professor, Maritime and Commercial Law, Tulane University. The author acknowledges with thanks the assistance of William H. Laurence, B.A., LL.B., and Robert C. Wilkins, B.A., B.C.L., in the preparation and correction of this article.

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