JOURNAL OF MARITIME LAW AND COMMERCE Volume 23 1992 CONTENTS OF VOLUME 23 Articles: Acceptance of Higher Visby Liability Limits by U.S. Courts William Tetley, Q.C. 55 Admiralty Jurisdiction in American Samoa: Le Va’a Lagoa Paul Myburgh 73 Ad Valorem Rates Under Article 4(5) of the Hague Rules: A Response to Mendelsohn (and DeGurse) Michael F. Sturley and Steven F. Grover Canadian Maritime Law Update: 1990-91 James B. Wooder Bill Clinton’s Maritime Past Robert M. Jarvis Common Ethical Problems in Maritime Criminal Cases Robert M. Jarvis A Critical Assessment of Nigeria’s Shipping Policy and its Implemen- Okechukwu C. Iheduru Establishing Fault in Collision Cases Nicholas J. Healy and Joseph C. Sweeney Evolution and Present State of the Ocean Bill of Lading from a Banking Law Perspective Boris Kozolchyk A Footnote to the Mendelsohn Article on the Visby Amendments ... David M. Sassoon” International Straits and UNCLOS: An Australian Case Study Donald R. Rothwell The Law of Seaman Status Clarified David W. Robertson Maritime Liens and Mortgages in Israel—Who has First Priority? ... = sig Seis ceea ta acreras Teiae BEER MEAN Gua Owe Rode usu CaRaet P.G. Naschitz The Maritime Reform Act of 1992 Bruce J. Heiman and Rolf Marshall OPA 90 Certificates of Financial Responsibility Leonard F. Alcantara and Mary A. Cox Overtaking or Crossing: Judicial Interpretation and the Mariner’s Proshanto K. Mukherjee The Past and Future of ‘‘No Cure-No Pay”’ Donald A. Kerr The Rights of Land-Locked and Geographically Disadvantaged States in Exclusive Economic Zones Antonio Martinez Punal Safety Afloat: Criminal Penalties and Investigations into Marine Casu- alties Douglas Potter Shipowners’ Limitation of Liability and Conflicts of Law: The Properly Applicable Law William Tetley, Q.C. The Starboard Hand Rule Under the 1972 Collision Regulations Nicholas J. Healy and Joseph C. Sweeney Whither the UNCTAD Liner Code: The Liner Code Review Confer- Lawrence Juda Why the U.S. Did Not Ratify The Visby Amendments Allan I. Mendelsohn ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION: AGENCY AGREEMENTS NOT PER SE EXCLUDED. Exxon Corp. v. Central Gulf Lines, Inc., 111 S. Ct. 2071, 1991 AMC 1817 (1991) Robert J. Gruendel ARBITRATION—PUNITIVE DAMAGES: Arbitrators’ punitive dam- age award upheld by Ninth Circuit. Todd Shipyards Corp. v. Cunard Line, Ltd., 943 F.2d 1056, 1992 AMC 328 (9th Cir. 1991) Robert J. Gruendel PACKAGE LIMITATION: CONTAINERS SUBJECT TO DIFFER- ENT RULE THAN OTHER CARGOES. Seguros ‘‘Illimani’’ S.A. v. M/V Popi P, 929 F.2d 89, 1991 AMC 1521 (2d Cir. 1991); Monica Textile Corporation v. §.S. Tana, 952 F.2d 636, 1992 AMC 609 (2d Cir. 1991) Jerome C. Scowcroft STRENGTHENING THE PRESUMPTION OF VALIDITY FOR CHOICE OF FORUM CLAUSES. Carnival Cruise Lines v. Shute, 111 S. Ct. 1522, 113 L. Ed. 2d 622, 1991 AMC 1697 (1991) Michael F. Sturley UNIFORMITY—STATE WAGE AND HOUR LAWS: State over- time compensation laws can be applied to seamen who live and work exclusively within the state. Pacific Merchant Shipping Association v. Aubry, 918 F.2d 1409, 1991 AMC 2797 (9th Cir. Jerome C. Scowcroft Book Reviews: The Autonomy of International Commercial and Maritime Administra- tion. International, Canadian and Far Eastern Perspectives. By Moonchul Chang Rolf Herber The Business of Shipping, 5th ed.: by Lane C. Kendall Pierre Houssin Gram on Chartering Documents. 2nd ed. Edited by S. Bonnick James Wooder The International Collision Regulations in the Context of International Law and the Municipal Law of the United Kingdom and of South Africa: A Critical Analysis. By A. M. Siddle. ...... Roger Harris The Law and Practice of Commercial Arbitration in England. By Sir Michael J. Mustill and Stewart C. Boyd, 2nd ed. ................. Moonchul Chang The Law of Deep Sea-Bed Mining. A Study of the Progressive Develop- ment of International Law Concerning the Management of the Polymetallic Nodules of the Deep Sea-Bed. By Said Mahmoudi. .. Roberta Deutsch The Law of Insurance Contracts. By Malcolm A. Clarke William Tetiey, G.C.- The Legislative History of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act and the Travaux Préparatoires of the Hague Rules. Compiled and edited by Michael F. Sturley with translations by Caroline Boyle Steven F. Friedell Marine Cargo Delays. By Max Ganado and Hugh M. Kindred. ...... William Tetley, Q.C. Sea-Bed Energy and Mineral Resources and the Law of the Sea: Volumes 2 & 3. The Area Beyond the Limits of National Juris- diction: By E.D. Brown Ted L. McDorman Seehandelsrecht: By Dolly Richter-Hannes, Ralf Richter & Norbert Rolf Herber Shipping Law: By Martin Davies and Anthony Dickey Michael F. Sturley The 200 Mile Exclusive Economic Zone in the Law of the Sea: By Barbara Kwiatkowska Patricia Birnie