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The Shipping Act Of 1984: Bringing The United States In Harmony With International Shipping Practices, Martha L. Cecil
The Shipping Act Of 1984: Bringing The United States In Harmony With International Shipping Practices, Martha L. Cecil
Penn State International Law Review
To place the Shipping Act of 1984 in context, this Comment begins by outlining the development of ocean liner conferences and the economics of liner operations. It then describes the changes in case law that increased foreign carriers' exposure to antitrust liability and caused foreign governments to enact retaliatory blocking statutes in an effort to protect their nationals from the extraterritorial application of United States laws. The major portion of the Comment then analyzes the Shipping Act of 1984 and compares the provisions that are responsive to international shipping practices with those that remain in conflict with generally accepted shipping …