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44 Tul. Mar. L.J. 459 (2019-2020)
The Story of the Jones Act (Merchant Marine Act, 1920): Part I

handle is hein.journals/tulmar44 and id is 489 raw text is: TULANE MARITIME LAW JOURNAL VOLUME 44 SUMMER 2020 NUMBER 3 The Story of the Jones Act (Merchant Marine Act, 1920): Part I Constantine G. Papavizas* This is thefirst installment in a two-part series. The Tulane Maritime Law Journal willpublish Part II in Volume 45, Issue 1. Part I explores the history of the U.S. merchant marine and the geopolitical and economic catalysts for the Acti creation. PartHbegins in 1918 andexamines the legislative enactment and substantiveprovisions ofthe Jones Act (Merchant Marine Act, 1920). I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 459 II. THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE UNTIL WORLD WAR I.................... 464 A. The U.S. Merchant Marine Until the End of the Civil W a r ................................................................................... 4 64 B. The U.S. Merchant Marinefrom the Civil War to W orld W ar I......................................................................466 Ill. SHIPPING A CT, 1916 ......................................................................... 470 A. Shipping Laws Prompted by World War I........................471 B. The Ship Purchase Bill.....................................................472 C. Ship Purchase Bill Becomes the 1916 Act........................ 476 D . The 1916 Act in W ar.........................................................480 E. United States Post-War Shipping Policies .......................483 I. INTRODUCTION No maritime law occupies the popular imagination and the attention of policymakers and pundits more than the Jones Act, particularly as it relates to the reservation ofU.S. domestic maritime trade to qualified U.S.- * ©2020 Constantine G. Papavizas, Chair, Maritime Practice Group, and Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, D.C. The author wishes to thank Mikhail Koulikov and Sharisse R. Geiger for their invaluable research assistance in preparing this Article as well as H. Allen Black, Bryant E. Gardner, and Brian W. Schoeneman for their editorial review and helpful comments. 459

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