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This article is based on descriptive research and joint efforts of the authors namely the first author’s expertise of traversing the sea for a considerable period of time, legal practice in the fields of Maritime and Admiralty laws and second author’s educational and academia skills and expertise. Modern Maritime and Admiralty Laws in the form of statutes and customary laws in their present form are presumed to have been developed in the United Kingdom over a span of centuries. Maritime and Admiralty statutes in developing countries including Pakistan have mainly been adopted from English law which necessarily requires amendments and modifications in the contemporary environments resulting from advancements in science and technology. The legislative process needs proper knowledge and expertise in the specialized fields including Maritime and Admiralty legislations to initiate the required indispensable modifications. Without such amendments our existing laws become redundant to serve the desired purposes. A number of incidents have occurred in the near past including ‘Tasman Spirit’ disaster where we failed to make our cases for available international compensation due to lack of specific knowledge of Maritime and Admiralty affairs. This article endeavors to draw attention towards the process leading to necessary developments and modifications in the existing and new legislative regimes. |
Keywords
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Admiralty, Black Book, Courts, International Law, Maritime |
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Article # 7
Volume # 1
Issue # 1
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DOI info
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DOI Number: 10.47205/jdss.2020(1-I)7
DOI Link: http://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2020(1-I)7
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