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23 Tul. Mar. L.J. 317 (1998-1999)
Maritime Law as a Mixed Legal System (with Particular Reference to the Distinctive Nature of American Maritime Law, Which Benefits from Both Its Civil and Common Law Heritages)

handle is hein.journals/tulmar23 and id is 325 raw text is: Maritime Law as a Mixed Legal System (with Particular Reference to the Distinctive Nature of American Maritime Law, Which Benefits from Both Its Civil and Common Law Heritages) William Tetley, Q.C.* I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 319 II. MARITME LAW IS A COMPLETE LEGAL SYSTEM ............................ 320 III. THE TWO-FOLD COMPOSITION OF MARITME LAW ......................... 321 IV. PRECEDENCE OF NATIONAL STATUTES AND INTERNATIONAL C ONVENTIONS ................................................................................... 322 V. THE CIVILIAN ORIGINS OF MARiTIME LAW ..................................... 323 A. Maritime Law as Civilian ....................................................... 323 B. The Early Maritime Codes ...................................................... 323 C. Early Civilian Concepts in the Maritime Law ....................... 323 D. The Admiralty Law of England ............................................... 324 VI. THE INFLUENCE OF THE COMMON LAW ON MARITIME LAW .......... 324 VII. GENERAL MARrrIME LAW'S RECEPTION iNTO U.S. LAW ............... 325 VIII. CLASSIC CIVIL LAW PRINCIPLES FOUND IN AMERICAN M ARITIM E LAW ................................................................................. 327 A. Shipowner Limitation ofLiability and Abandonment ......... 327 B. The A ttachm ent ........................................................................ 328 C. Proportionate Fault ................................................................. 329 D. The Codification of Maritime Lien Law ................................. 331 E. Maritime Liens Are Rights ...................................................... 332 F Wrongful D eath ........................................................................ 332 G. Liens on Cargo for Demurrage Without Contract ................. 333 H . E quity ....................................................................................... 334 . M arine Insurance .................................................................... 336 J GeneralAverage ...................................................................... 336 K Salvage ..................................................................................... 337 * Professor of Maritime Law, McGill University; Distinguished Visiting Professor of Maritime and Commercial Law, Tulane University; counsel to Langlois, Gaudreau, O'Connor of Montreal. The author acknowledges with thanks the assistance of Robert C. Wilkins, B.A., B.C.L., in the preparation and correction of the text. 317

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