| Constitution of the United States | |
| Article III | p. 1 |
| Selected Current Provisions of the United States Code | |
| General Provisions | p. 2 |
| Armed Forces | p. 2 |
| Subtitle C | p. 2 |
| Prize | p. 2 |
| Stay of Proceedings | p. 3 |
| Crimes and Criminal Procedure | p. 4 |
| Crimes | p. 4 |
| General Provisions | p. 4 |
| Judiciary and Judicial Procedure | p. 4 |
| Jurisdiction and Venue | p. 4 |
| Court of Appeals | p. 4 |
| District Courts; Jurisdiction | p. 5 |
| District Courts; Venue | p. 9 |
| District Courts; Removal of Actions From State Courts | p. 12 |
| Jurisdictional Immunities of Foreign States | p. 13 |
| General Provisions | p. 23 |
| Procedure | p. 23 |
| General Provisions | p. 23 |
| Juries; Trial by Jury | p. 23 |
| Navigable Waters | p. 24 |
| Regulations for the Suppression of Piracy | p. 24 |
| Summary Trials for Certain Offenses Against Navigation Laws | p. 25 |
| Protection of Navigable Water and Harbors and River Improvements Generally | p. 27 |
| Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act | p. 29 |
| Railroads | p. 43 |
| Liability for Injuries to Employees (FELA) | p. 43 |
| Shipping | p. 52 |
| Subtitle II | p. 52 |
| General Provisions | p. 52 |
| Operation of Vessels Generally | p. 52 |
| Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief | p. 53 |
| Foreign and Intercoastal Voyages | p. 53 |
| Protection and Relief | p. 55 |
| Subtitle VII | p. 55 |
| General Liability Provisions | p. 55 |
| Death on the High Seas | p. 57 |
| Exoneration and Limitation of Liability | p. 58 |
| Liability of water Carriers | p. 62 |
| Suits in Admiralty Against the United States | p. 64 |
| Suits Involving Public Vessels | p. 68 |
| Commercial Instruments and Maritime Liens | p. 70 |
| General | p. 70 |
| Commercial Instruments | p. 73 |
| Maritime Liens | p. 82 |
| Subtitle VIII | p. 83 |
| Wrecks and Salvage | p. 83 |
| International Agreements | |
| Carriage of Goods | p. 84 |
| Protocol to Amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of Lading | p. 84 |
| ("Visby Amendments") | p. 84 |
| United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods By Sea | p. 87 |
| ("Hamburg Rules") | p. 87 |
| Carriage of Passengers | p. 103 |
| Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea | p. 103 |
| Protocol to the [1974] Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea | p. 111 |
| Protocol to Amend the [1974] Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and Their Baggage by Sea | p. 113 |
| Salvage | p. 117 |
| Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea | p. 117 |
| International Convention on Salvage | p. 120 |
| General Average | p. 128 |
| York-Antwerp Rules 1994 | p. 128 |
| Collisions | p. 137 |
| International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Collisions Between Vessels | p. 137 |
| International Convention On Certain Rules Concerning Civil Jurisdiction In Matters Of Collision | p. 140 |
| Draft International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Concerning Civil Jurisdiction, Choice of Law, and Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matters of Collision | p. 142 |
| Draft Rules for the Assessment of Damages in Maritime Collisions ("Lisbon Rules") | p. 146 |
| International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 | p. 152 |
| Limitation of Liability | p. 173 |
| International Convention Relating to the Limitation of the Liability of Owners of Seagoing Ships | p. 173 |
| International Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (with attachment) | p. 178 |
| Historical Materials | |
| English Statutes | p. 188 |
| 13 Rich. II, c. 5 | p. 188 |
| 15 Rich. II, c. 3 | p. 188 |
| 2. Hen. IV, c. 11 | p. 188 |
3 & 4. Victoria c. 65 | p. 188 |
| American Statutes | p. 194 |
Judiciary Act of 1789, 1. Stat. 73, [section] 9 | p. 194 |
Great Lakes Act of 1845 Act of Feb. 26, 1845, Ch. 20, 5. Stat. 726-727 | p. 195 |
| The Laws of Oleron | p. 195 |
| Selected Federal Rules of Civil Procedure | |
| Scope of Rules | p. 209 |
| One Form of Action | p. 209 |
| Process | p. 209 |
| Pleading Special Matters | p. 210 |
| 1966 Advisory Committee Note | p. 210 |
| 1997 Advisory Committee Note | p. 212 |
| Third-Party Practice | p. 213 |
| 1966 Advisory Committee Note | p. 214 |
| 2000 Advisory Committee Note | p. 214 |
| Joinder of Claims and Remedies | p. 215 |
| Permissive Joinder of Parties | p. 215 |
| Right to a Jury Trial; Demand | p. 216 |
| Trial By Jury or By the Court | p. 216 |
| Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims | |
| Scope of Rules | p. 218 |
| Note of Advisory Committee on Rules | p. 218 |
| Attachment and Garnishment: Special Provisions | p. 219 |
| 1966 Advisory Committee Note | p. 220 |
| 1985 Advisory Committee's Explanatory Statement | p. 222 |
| 1985 Advisory Committee Note | p. 223 |
| 2000 Advisory Committee Note | p. 224 |
| Actions in Rem: Special Provisions | p. 224 |
| 1966 Advisory Committee Note | p. 226 |
| 1985 Advisory Committee Note | p. 229 |
| 1987 Advisory Committee Note | p. 229 |
| 1991 Advisory Committee Note | p. 230 |
| 2000 Advisory Committee Note | p. 230 |
| Possessory, Petitory, and Partition Actions | p. 231 |
| 1966 Advisory Committee Note | p. 232 |
| Actions in Rem and Quasi in Rem: General Provisions | p. 232 |
| 1966 Advisory Committee Note | p. 236 |
| 1985 Advisory Committee Note | p. 238 |
| 2000 Advisory Committee Note | p. 239 |
| Limitation of Liability | p. 239 |
| 1966 Advisory Committee Note | p. 242 |
| A.L.I. Proposal VIII Specimen Charters | |
| Bareboat Charter | p. 245 |
| Time Charter | p. 263 |
| Voyage Charter | p. 278 |
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