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33 Tul. Mar. L.J. 347 (2008-2009)
Historic Wreck Salvage: An International Perspective

handle is hein.journals/tulmar33 and id is 351 raw text is: TULANE MARITIME LAW JOURNAL VOLUME 33 SUMMER 2009 NUMBER 2 Historic Wreck Salvage: An International Perspective Craig Forrest* I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 347 II. AN OUTSIDER'S VIEW OF U.S. HISTORIC SHIPWRECK SALVAGE LAW AND PRACTICE .......................................................... 349 III. SALVAGE LAWAPPLIED TO HISTORIC WRECK ................................. 353 A. US. Admiralty Courts' Constructive In Rem Jurisdiction .............................................................................. 353 B. US. Salvage Law as Jus Gentium .......................................... 355 IV EQUIVOCAL U.S. LAW AND PRACTISE .............................................. 359 A. The Application of Salvage Law in US. Litigation .............. 359 B. Salvage Law and US. Statutes ............................................... 363 V A COMPARATIVE NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ...................................... 364 VI. AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ................................................... 367 A. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ........ 367 B. The 1989 Salvage Convention ............................................... 370 C 2001 UCHConvention ........................................................... 372 1. The Salvage Law Clause ................................................ 373 2. The Non-Commercialization Clause ............................. 374 D US. Commentators'Onissions ............................................. 377 V II. C ONCLUSION .................................................................................... 379 I. INTRODUCTION The problem of how to provide an effective legal preservation and protection regime for wrecks of historical or archaeological significance * © 2009 Craig Forrest. Senior Lecturer; Deputy Director, Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law; Member, Marine and Shipping Law Unit, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Australia. The research assistance of Emma Forbes is gratefully acknowledged.

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