Collision Law and Limitation of Liability

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This course provides an in-depth study of limitation of liability from a practical point of view. After studying the theory of limitation of liability, the course will turn to a detailed discussion of asserting the right to limit, the limitation fund, its content, and distributing the fund. This course then presents the general principles of maritime collision law. These principles include causation, legal presumptions, statutory violations and their effect, apportionment of fault, damages, special evidentiary rules, and an overview of navigation Rules of the Road and their interpretation.