Limitation of Liability in International Maritime Conventions: The Relationship between Global Limitation Conventions and Particular Liability Regimes

This book approaches limitation of liability from an international perspective looking at a number of key conventions including the global limitation conventions, the conventions relating to the carriage of passengers and their luggage by sea (1974 Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea and the 2002 Protocol thereto), conventions relating to liability and compensation for pollution damage (1969 International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and the 1992 Protocol thereto, the 1996 International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea and the 2010 Protocol thereto, and the 2001 International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage), as well as the 2007 Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks.

Author: Norman Martínez Gutiérrez
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/17/2010
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780415601405

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 06/01/2011 pg. 134

About the Author

Norman A. Martínez Gutiérrez is a lecturer at the IMO International Maritime Law Institute, Malta.