Until 1998, the most recent complete text on the law of collision
published on this side of the Atlantic had been John Griffin's The
American Law of Collision, which appeared in 1949. So many
significant changes have occurred in collision law since then that
a new American text was certainly indicated. The most significant
of these changes was, of course, the adoption of the 1972 COLREGS,
which became effective in 1977 -- the first complete revision of
the International Rules since 1889. Also of great importance was
the substitution of a single set of U.S. Inland Rules, identical in
most respects to COLREGS, for the former Inland, Great Lakes, and
Western Rivers Rules. Other significant changes were the adoption
of the proportional fault rule by the U.S. Supreme Court in
Reliable Transfer Co. v. United States, and the widespread use of
radar and ARPA in marine navigation.
COLREGS and the current U.S. Inland Rules are arranged in much
more orderly fashion than their predecessors, and the authors have
followed the same order in treating the individual Rules. In
addition to the Rules, the book covers damages, both-to-blame
collisions, and official investigations. It also includes chapters
on pilotage, towage, marine pollution, limitation of liability,
marine insurance, salvage, and general average, all in relation to
collisions.
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