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Administrative Law

2017

Roger Williams University

Oceanographic Research Vessels (ORVs)

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Status Of The U.S. Academic Research Fleet As Public Vessels Under U.S. And International Law, Rhode Island Sea Grant Law Fellow Program, Marine Affairs Institute (Mai), Roger Williams University School Of Law, Erika Wheat, Mark Hartmann Aug 2017

Status Of The U.S. Academic Research Fleet As Public Vessels Under U.S. And International Law, Rhode Island Sea Grant Law Fellow Program, Marine Affairs Institute (Mai), Roger Williams University School Of Law, Erika Wheat, Mark Hartmann

Sea Grant Law Fellow Publications

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Consideration For Unols Treatment Of Orvs As Public Vessels, Mark Hartmann Jul 2017

Consideration For Unols Treatment Of Orvs As Public Vessels, Mark Hartmann

Sea Grant Law Fellow Publications

This document reviews the legal standards providing differential treatment of “public vessel” under federal regulations, including regulatory definitions of that term. In addition, it reviews language in key international legal instruments that provide similar special treatment for selected vessels owned by governments. This document is a supplement to Status of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet as Public Vessels under U.S. and International Law, which discusses the application of these and other legal authorities relevant to a determination of whether U.S. academic research fleet vessels are public vessels. The authorities presented here are separated by issuing agency (for regulatory citations). International …