Browsing Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Works by Subject "Maritime law -- United States"

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    • Finding Federalism in the Admiralty: "The Devil's Own Mess" Revisited 
      Ruhl, J. B. (Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 1988)
      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 ...
    • Punitive Damages by Numbers: Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker 
      Hersch, Joni, 1956-; Viscusi, W. Kip (Supreme Court Economic Review, 2010)
      The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker is a landmark that establishes an upper bound ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages of 1:1 for maritime cases, with potential implications for other ...