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This Hornbook is a handy, streamlined one-volume abridgement of the 5th edition of Schoenbaum’s comprehensive Practitioners’ treatise on Admiralty and Maritime Law. The Hornbook covers the essential topics of jurisdiction, admiralty rules and practice, maritime torts, seamen’s remedies, maritime workers’ compensation, carriage of goods by sea in international trade, charter parties, towage, pilotage, salvage, collision and limitation of liablility. Ideal for students and those wanting an introduction to this important field of law, this book places emphasis on the international aspects of maritime law.