The Admiralty Docket
The Admiralty Docket portion of this web site is an archive of scripts from the popular radio segment of the same name, which aired from 1993 through 1997. Each episode of The Admiralty Docket features an explanation of a point of admiralty law by John Hughes Cooper, Esquire.
THE ADMIRALTY DOCKET SUBJECT INDEX
AUDIO CLIPS (Click Below to Listen)
MANUSCRIPTS
ADMIRALTY
- 30612 Validity of Oral Contracts
- 30626 Special Maritime and Territorial Jurisdiction
- 30821 Mediation
Admiralty Remedies and Defences
- 30708 The TJ HOOPER - Unseaworthiness
- 30710 Limitations of Vessel Owners Liability Act
- 30925 Saving to Suitors
- 31106 Unpredictability of Civil Jury Trials
- 40423 Punitive Dames Under Miles v. Apex (See also Exxon and Townsend for update on this issue)
- 40827 Limitation Act and Jury Trial
- 40917 Joint Tortfeasors and Economic Loss Rule
- 41008 General Average and the Law of Oleron
ARREST AND ATTACHMENT OF VESSEL
- 30424 Intro to Maritime Liens
- 50805 "In Rem"
- 00608 Bankruptcy Jurisdiction vs Admiralty Jurisdiction
BOAT BUYERS AND SELLERS
CARGO DAMAGE AND LOSS
- 00607 Tug FORT SUMTER
- 40326 Gingko Biloba Leaves Stolen by the FBI
- 00609 Carrier's Duty to Cargo
- 30807 General Average
- 30828 Cargo Damage Generally
- 41001 Hague Rules
- 51118 Stolen VCRs
CHARLESTON
COLLISION and ALLISION
- 30508 Maritime Law of Collision
- 50408 Government Responsibility to Mark Channels
- 300508 Maritime Law and Collision
- 30703 Marine Pollution
- 30710 Limitation of Vessel Owners Liability Act
- 30724 Wreck Removal Obligations
- 31030 Liability for Collisions
- 40430 Collision and Aids to Navigation
- 40507 Master's Duty to Drug Test Crew
- 40528 MY GREEN CANYON EXPRESS hits a Pipeline
- 41105 Casualty Reports from Abroad
- 50211 Allision
- 50218 Oil Pollution Act of 1990
- 50408 Missing Channel Buoy
- 50429 Rule 5 - Lookout
- 50506 The Act of God Defense
- 50729 Collision on the Mississippi
- 51209 Regatta Collision
CRIMINAL ADMIRALTY LAW
- 30629 The Marlboro Man - Criminal Clients
- 40409 Boating Under the Influence
- 40611 Geographical Limitations for Law Enforcement Jurisdiction
- 41112 Maritime Crimes
- 50812 Admiralty Jurisdiction for Criminal Offenses
General Issues in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- 30604 In Rem
- 30607 Peruvian Cotton on the Beaches of Sullivan's Island
- 30626 Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction
- 30711 Duty of Care to Stowaways
- 30821 Mediation
- 30911 Chartering
- 30918 Drug Use by the Helmsman of a Merchant Ship
- 31002 Maritime Contracts and Vessel Documentation
- 31127 Who Needs a Maritime Lawyer
- 40129 Vessels
- 40625 Miscellaneous Issues in Maritime Law 5
- 40709 Jet Skis are Vessels
- 41126 Rules 2 and 5 Necessary Departure from the Rules
- 41210 Rule 6 - Safe Speed
- 41217 Seaworthiness
- 41224 Primary Causes of Shipboard Accidents
- 50106 Miscellaneous Issues in Maritime Law 1
- 50121 Basic Concepts in Admiralty Law
- 50617 Admiralty by Definition
- 50708 Common Nautical Terms
- 50930 Extension Act
- 51007 Miscellaneous issues in Maritime Law 4
- 51230 Miscellaneous Admiralty Issues 3
Marine Insurance
- 30601 Marine Insurance Geographical Limitations or Trade Warranties
- 30602 Marine Insurance Covered Risks
- 30603 Marine Insurance and INCHMAREE clauses
- 40618 Misrepresentations in Marine Insurance Applications
Maritime Contacts
- 30612 Validity of Oral Contracts
- 30616 Shipbuilding Contracts
- 30623 Time Charters
- 30702 How to Avoid Maritime Contract Problems
- 30911 Chartering
- 31002 Maritime Contracts and Vessel Documentation
- 50715 Maritime Contracts
Maritime Liens
- 30429 Introduction to Maritime Liens
- 30501 Liens for Necessaries
- 30608 Maritime Liens and Bankruptcy
- 31218 Liens for Repairs
- 40716 Filing a Maritime Lien
Marriage at Sea
- 40521 The Case of the Maritime Bigamist
- 50325 Authority of Master to Perform Marriage Ceremony
- 50401 Validity of Marriages at Sea
Passengers
- 30529 Seduction of Female Passengers
- 30605 Injury to Passengers
- 40604 Passenger Claims for Unseaworthiness
Pilotage
Pleasure Boats
- 30710 Limitations of Vessel Owners Liability Act
- 30724 Wreck Removal Obligations
- 30814 Liability for Wage Damage
- 50225 Seller Financing Pleasure Boat Sales
- 50311 Loss of Use Damages and Abandoned Shipwreck Act
- 50318 Damages for Loss of Use
- 50513 Issues of Interest to Boat Owners
Salvage
- 30403 Intro to Maritime Law of Salvage 2
- 30410 Intro to Maritime Law of Salvage 1
- 30417 Duty of Salvors
- 31023 Three Common Questions About Salvage
- 40702 Contract Salvage v. Pure Salvage
- 50311 Loss of Use Damages and Abandoned Shipwreck Act
- 50722 Seaman's Rights and Salvage Arbitration
- 50819 Who can be a Salvor
Seamen
- 30522 Seamen - Wards of the Admiralty Courts
- 30611 Barratry 1
- 30613 Barratry 2
- 30619 Vessel Owner's Obligation to Teach Crew to Swim
- 30704 Seaman's Willful Disobediance
- 30705 The Case of the Obese Seaman
- 30731 Maritime Wrongful Death
- 31009 Sammy and Goliath - Injury to Seaman
- 40507 Master's Duty to Drug Test Crew
- 50422 Shanghaied in Shanghai
- 50520 Who is a Seaman
- 50722 Seaman's Rights and Salvage Arbitration
- 50826 Mutiny








