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49 J. Mar. L. & Com. 1 (2018)
The 1920 Death on the High Seas Act: An Outdated and Ambiguous Admiralty Law Shielding Cruise Line Companies from Civil Liabilities

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Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce, Vol. 49, No. 1, January, 2018

   The 1920 Death on the High Seas Act:

   An   Outdated and Ambiguous Admiralty

   Law Shielding Cruise Line Companies

                  from Civil Liabilities



                        Madeline  Burke*

                                I
                      INTRODUCTION

A. The Recent Growth  of the Cruise Line Industry and the
Standards  of Safety
   The cruise line business has been an extensively growing sector
in the travel and tourism industry. Between  2005  and  2015, the
demand  for cruising increased by 62%.1 In 2015, the cruise industry
had a $117  billion economic impact. Last year, approximately  24
million people cruised globally-half  were  from  North America.
Carnival  Corporation   is  the  world's  largest leisure  travel
company   and the parent company   to cruise lines like Carnival,
Princess, and Holland America.2



    *Second year Donaghey Scholar Student at the University of Arkansas at Little
Rock; Awarded Outstanding Student Paper at the Academy of Legal Studies and
Business Annual Conference.
    'Cruise Lines International Association, 2017 State of the Cruise Industry Outlook,
https://www.cruising.org/docs/default-source/research/clia-2017-state-of-the-industry.
pdf'?sfvrsn=O.
    2Carnival Corporation & PLC, Corporate Information, http://www.carnivalcorp.com/
phoenix.zhtml?c=200767&p=irol-prlanding (The company's portfolio of global cruise
line brands includes Carnival Cruise Line, Fathom, Holland America Line, Princess
Cruises and Seabourn in North America; P&O Cruises (UK) and Cunard in
Southampton, England; AIDA Cruises in Rostock, Germany; Costa Cruises in Genoa,
Italy; and P&O Cruises (Australia) in Sydney.)


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