Skip to Main Content

Admiralty and Maritime Law

Admiralty and Maritime Law research guide, focusing on sources of the law of the sea itself as well as commentary and interpretive materials about admiralty and maritime law.

Library Catalog

For books, treatises, and other materials about various subjects, check the library's online catalog, searching keywords such as Admiralty

Catalog Searching

To find materials in the online catalog, try searching under the following Library of Congress subject headings (and their subdivisions)

Access to the Sea (International Law)

Admiralty

Arrest of Ships

Liability for Marine Accidents

Marine Accidents

Maritime Law

Maritime Liens

Naval Law

Navigation

Salvage

Shipping

Ships

Territorial Waters

War, Martime (International Law)

Shelf Browsing

To browse materials on the shelves, go to the following areas of the library:

 

Oil pollution damages -- K 956 (Basement)

International carriage of goods -- K 1150-K 1266 (Basement)

Marine pollution -- K 3588-K 3592 (Basement)

Navigation and shipping generally -- K 4150-K 4235 (Basement)

Piracy at sea -- K 5277 (Basement)

British marine insurance -- KD 1802-KD 1845 (1st Floor, Reading Room)

British shipping laws -- KD 2810 (1st Floor, Reading Room)

U.S. navigation and shipping law -- KF 2566-KF 2605 (Basement)