Chinese Maritime Cases

Martin Davies is the Admiralty Law Institute Professor of Maritime Law and Director of Tulane Maritime Law Center. Prof. Davies is an international authority on admiralty law who has taught in many jurisdictions before joining the Tulane U. Law School faculty in 2000. He has worked as a consultant for maritime law firms for 30 years and is presently engaged by an international law firm with a maritime law practice in various countries. He serves on the Editorial Board of Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly and the Melbourne Journal of International Law. He is a productive author of books on maritime law, international trade law, international sale of goods, and torts.

Jiang Lin is an Associate Professor of Maritime Law and Deputy Director of Shipping Policy and Law Research Center of Shanghai International Shipping Institute. Jiang started his career as a practising English solicitor and Chinese lawyer and went back to his mother college SMU to be a law lecturer in 2006 while maintaining his lawyering life. He has been researching on the development of maritime law and adjudication in Shanghai and on that basis, authoring the annual white book since 2011. He has also written books and articles in the areas of ship finance and cruise economy. Jiang is Adjunct Professor of Tulane U. Law School.