John D. Kimball is a partner at Blank Rome LLP in New York, where he specialises in admiralty and maritime law.

"If you are a maritime lawyer, this new publication from Informa Law from Routledge will make a distinguished contribution to your law library, providing as it does, a source of further enlightenment on some of the grand themes of maritime law and their application to specific cases." - Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chambers, United Kingdom

• 1. Applying Jus Gentium to the Salvage of the R.M.S. Titanic in International Waters2. Romero v. International Terminal Operating Company, 358 U.S. 354 (1959)3. Panama Railroad Co. v. Johnson4. Mcdermott v. Amclyde: The Quiet Achiever5. The New Jersey Steam Navigation Co. v. Merchants’ Bank of Boston, 47 U.S. (6 How.) 344 (1848)6. Marine Pollution and the "Polluter Pays" Principle: Should the Polluter also Pay Punitive Damages?7. Celebrating Women on the High Seas – In Admiralty Law and Otherwise8. To Port or Starboard? Why the Supreme Court Might Provide Direction to Those Navigating Choice-of-Law Questions in Maritime-Lien Cases9. What I Wish the Supreme Court Would Decide: Review by a US Court of a Foreign Arbitration Award Issued in a Dispute to which COGSA Applies- What Standard Applies?10. Wish List: Maritime Matters Our Government Might Profitable Address