Admiralty law

History

Amalfian Laws Hanseatic League

Features

Freight rate · General average Marine insurance · Marine salvage Maritime lien · Ship transport · Shipping

Contracts of affreightment

Bill of lading · Charter-party

Types of charter-party

Bareboat charter · Demise charter Time charter · Voyage charter

Parties

Carrier · Charterer · Consignee Consignor · Shipbroker · Ship-manager Ship-owner · Shipper · Stevedore

Judiciary

Admiralty court Vice admiralty court

International conventions

Carriage of Goods by Sea Act Hague-Visby Rules Hamburg Rules Rotterdam Rules UNCLOS

International organisations

International Maritime Organization London Maritime Arbitrators Association

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The town of Amalfi

The Amalfian Laws are a code of maritime laws compiled in the 12th century in Amalfi, a town in Italy.

They took the form of the Tabula Amalfitana (Amalfi's Board), and were for centuries the international mercantile code accepted and taken as a model.^[1]

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