Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
CONFUSED SEAS: ADMIRALTY LAW IN THE WAKE OF TERRORISM
The 19th Tulane Admiralty Law Institute
Every other year, Admiralty lawyers throughout the United States undertake a pilgrimage to New Orleans, home of Tulane Law School,1
the Tulane Admiralty Law Center,2
and the biennial Tulane Admiralty Law Institute (ALI).3
In 2003 the ALI was in session from 19–21 March and was attended by approximately 350 delegates and speakers, almost all of whom were from within the US.4
As with previous ALIs, the speakers were drawn from the practising profession, the regulatory sector, and the maritime industry in the US,5
with some participation from the academy.6
1. See www.law.tulane.edu
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3. See www.law.tulane.edu/cdo/inst/ali/
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4. Although a number of speakers and attendees were from other jurisdictions. This Report seeks to present an overview of this year’s proceedings, written primarily for non-US maritime lawyers with less direct experience of the US scene.
5. Four of the presenters and panelists were from the UK.
6. Perhaps reflecting the relative impoverishment of maritime law teaching in US Law Schools (outside Tulane)? See, for example, J.K.Goldstein, “Reconceptualising Admiralty: A pedagogical approach” (1998) 29 J.M.L.C. 625; S.R.Swanson, “A survey of Admiralty offerings in United States Law Schools” (1998) 29 J.M.L.C. 657.
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