J.B. Ruhl

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Tulane Maritime Law Journal

Publication Date

1988

ISSN

1048-3748

Page Number

263

Keywords

federalism, admiralty law, wrongful death, maritime law

Disciplines

Admiralty | Law | Law of the Sea

Abstract

The federalism aspect of the United States Supreme Court's admiralty jurisprudence has long been adrift.' No feature of admiralty law illustrates the Court's difficulties in this regard better than maritime wrongful death remedies. From the beginning of the Court's involvement with maritime wrongful death remedies in The Harrisburg to its most recent decision on the subject in Offshore Logistics v. Tallentire, the Court's jurisprudence in this area has been characterized by inconsistency.

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