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Compensation And Reward For Saving Life At Sea, Steven F. Friedell May 1979

Compensation And Reward For Saving Life At Sea, Steven F. Friedell

Michigan Law Review

This Article explores the life salvage rules under the general maritime law and under the 1912 life salvage statute. Surprisingly, some life salvors had greater rights under the general maritime law than they have under cases construing the statute. This Article suggests that courts have given insufficient attention to the purposes of the Brussels Salvage Convention of 1910, which inspired the 1912 statute, and that American courts should .remain free to recognize all rights that life salvors possessed before the Brussels Convention.

This Article then considers whether American courts should further expand the rights of life salvors by awarding life …


Order And Chaos: The Role Of International Law In Foreign Policy, Alfred P. Rubin Mar 1979

Order And Chaos: The Role Of International Law In Foreign Policy, Alfred P. Rubin

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Points of Choice by Roger Fisher


Human Rights And The International Legal Order, H. G. Schermers Mar 1979

Human Rights And The International Legal Order, H. G. Schermers

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Human Rights, International Law and the Helsinki Accord edited by Thomas Buergenthal