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Maritime Law

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Subject keyword searches in the Novanet Catalogue can often be limited by jurisdiction; e.g., "environmental law" and "Nova Scotia." Some potential subject search terms are provided below.

  • Admiralty               
  • Baselines (Maritime Law)
  • Coastal Zone Management
  • Contracts, Maritime
  • Contiguous Zones (Maritime Law)
  • Economic Zones (Maritime Law)
  • Harbors -- Law and Legislation
  • Insurance, Marine
  • International Convention on Salvage (1989)
  • International Law
  • International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (1972)
  • Jurisdiction Over Ships at Sea
  • Maritime Law
  • Ocean Bottom (Maritime Law)
  • Salvage
  • Search, Right of
  • Shipping
  • Shipping Conferences
  • Territorial Waters
  • United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (1978)
  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982)
  • War, Maritime (International Law)

Common Abbreviations

Common Abbreviations

You may encounter several abbreviations in your study of maritime law. Below is a list of some of the most common. A more complete list is available online at The Nautical Institute. For abbreviations not on these lists, you may want to consult a general abbreviations/acronyms dictionary (shelved in the K 13.7 area of the Reference Collection) or a dictionary of maritime and shipping terms (KB 146 - KB 148 of the Reference Collection)

  • CMI - Comite Maritime International
  • ECOSOC - Economic and Social Council
  • EEZ - Exclusive Economic Zone
  • IAPH - International Association of Ports and Harbors
  • IMCO - Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation
  • IMO - International Maritime Organisation
  • MARPOL 73/78 - International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
  • SOLAS - International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea 1974
  • UNCITRAL - United Nations Commission on Trade Law
  • UNCLOS - United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
  • UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  • UNIDROIT - International Institute for the Unification of Private Law