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Coastal states have different powers in different zones of the ocean.

Seamen are entitled to payment for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

All contracts must be in writing in order to be enforceable.

Admiralty cases always allow for a jury trial.

The Covid pandemic will likely cause which clause of a shipping contract to be revised and updated in the future?

The problem with the doctrine of Liberty of Contract is that there was unequal bargaining power between workers and their employers.

A maritime contract must be in writing due to its nature and significance.

One of the reasons that public/private partnership agreements have long lease terms is to give the private developers time to see a return on their investment as many capital improvements to a port cannot be removed at the end of the lease term.

The law which enabled employees in the private sector to form Unions and collectively bargain for wages and working conditions is called:

In Alleman v. Omni Energy Services, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that: