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The reform of the Italian Yachting Code

open access: yesPoredbeno Pomorsko Pravo, 2018
The purpose of this paper is to address the legislative reform of the recreational boating legislation currently pending in Italy (Law 167/2015, which has delegated the power to reform the Yachting Code to the Italian Government) with a specific focus on
Alberto Pasino
doaj   +1 more source

Information Technology in Navigation: Problems in Legal Implementation and Liability

open access: yesJournal of navigation, 2019
E-navigation poses significant challenges for shipping. The analysis of the legal norms in the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) and court decisions supports the use of information technology on the bridge for the ...
M. Tsimplis, Spiros Papadas
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Is the Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 Sufficient to Promote the Uptake of Paperless Trading Systems?

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, Volume 89, Issue 1, Page 125-157, January 2026.
In September 2023, the Electronic Trade Documents Act (ETDA) came into force in the UK. It aims to facilitate paperless trade by allowing certain trade documents in electronic form to have the same legal functionality as their paper counterparts. The question this article poses is whether the ETDA, and similar legislative initiatives in other countries,
Ilias Ioannou
wiley   +1 more source

Weaponising the Supply Chain: Yemen's Blockade and the Contradictions of Maritime Logistics Capital

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract This paper examines the 2023–2025 naval blockade imposed by Yemen in the Red Sea. It argues that the blockade's success in disrupting global trade stemmed from the potent confluence of asymmetric military tactics and the structural vulnerabilities inherent within global maritime logistics capitalism.
Ashok Kumar
wiley   +1 more source

The Defence of Public Necessity

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, Volume 88, Issue 5, Page 973-997, September 2025.
This article challenges the idea that public necessity must be a complete defence to trespass liability. It identifies and distinguishes three distinct categories of public necessity: two afford justifications for interfering with person or property, whereas the third is better understood as an excuse.
Samuel Beswick
wiley   +1 more source

Shipowner Liability Under Section 905(b) of the Longshoremen\u27s and Harbor Workers\u27 Compensation Act: A Proposed Standard of Care [PDF]

open access: yes, 1981
The 1972 Amendments to the Longshoremen\u27s and Harbor Workers\u27 Compensation Act (LWHCA) greatly increased the maximum benefits to be paid to an injured longshoreman by the shipowner and, nullifying two Supreme Court decisions, permitted an injured ...
Viani, Michael A.
core   +1 more source

Theatre of Enforcement at Sea: The Global Fight Against ‘Illegal Fishing’ and the Criminalisation of Fisher Peoples and Exploitation of Fish Workers

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, Volume 25, Issue 3, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has been internationally branded as a major threat to oceans. Frequently depicted as having profound societal impacts and operational synergies with other forms of criminal activities, which justify the need for a so‐called global fight against IUU fishing to protect the marine commons and ...
Paula Satizábal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Tale of Too Many Doctrines: Supervening Impossibility and the Sale of Goods

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, Volume 88, Issue 3, Page 433-466, May 2025.
Contracts for the sale of goods contain three default rules addressing the problem of supervening impossibility: sections 7 and 20 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the doctrine of frustration. This article uses a legal historical method to examine why this is the case and what the relationship between these rules is.
Chathuni Jayathilaka
wiley   +1 more source

The Ethics of Belief Debate and the Norm of Teaching

open access: yesEducational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 374-398, April 2025.
Abstract The debate about the ethics of belief is a classic and it has given rise to wide‐ranging debates in epistemology, the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind, as well as in ethics. In epistemology, the question is what the norms of belief are — should one believe what is true, what is well‐evidenced, what is pragmatic or what?
Ben Kotzee
wiley   +1 more source

Continuing Conflict between United States and English Admiralty Law on Limitation of Liability: Whose Privity Binds the Corporate Shipowner [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
Part I of this Note examines the difference in respective emphasis placed by United States and English admiralty law upon responsibility of a corporate employee and the employee’s position in the corporate hierarchy in determining the employer’s right to
Violino, Richard J.
core   +1 more source

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