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Hospitality ReviewVolume 19Issue 1 Hospitality Review Volume 19/Issue 1 Article 81-1-2001Book Review: Benedict on Admiralty: Cruise ShipsJoan S. RemingtonFlorida International University, remingto@fiu.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/hospitalityreviewThis work is brought to you for free and open access by FIU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Hospitality Review by anauthorized administrator of FIU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact dcc@fiu.edu.Recommended CitationRemington, Joan S. (2001) "Book Review: Benedict on Admiralty: Cruise Ships," Hospitality Review: Vol. 19: Iss. 1, Article 8.Available at: http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/hospitalityreview/vol19/iss1/8Book Review: Benedict on Admiralty: Cruise ShipsAbstractRobert M. Jams, editor-in-chief, Benedict on Admiralty: Cruise Ships (New York: Matthew Bender &Company Inc. Lexis Publishing, March 2000), www.bender.com, ISBNO- 8205-4392-6 Binder, 312 pp.(Appendices, Index) $200.KeywordsJoan Remington, Cruise, FIUThis book review is available in Hospitality Review: http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/hospitalityreview/vol19/iss1/8Book review: Benedict on Admiralty: Cruise Ships by Joan Rernington RobertM. Jams, editor-in-chief, Benedict on Admiralty: Cruise Ships (NewYork:Matthew Bender & Cornpang Inc.Lexis Publishing, March zm), wbendercorn ,  ISBNO- 8205-4392-6 Binder, 312 pp. ( . n d i C e s ,  Index) $200. u ntil now there was no legal text focusing solely on the law governing cruise ships. Admiralty law texts contained only cursory references to cruise law, leaving legal practitioners scram- bling for information from a variety of sources in an effort to educate themselves about the business of cruise lines. Cruise Ships, which is Volume 10 of Benedict on Admiralty, fulfills this glaring absence of consolidated legal expertise. Bob Jarvis, a professor of law at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Laudcrdale, Florida, provides an excellent, easy-to-read and understand overview of the cruise industry. He takes the reader expertly and effortlessly through the history of cruise ships from Samuel Cunard's Britannia built in 1839-40 as the first modern ocean liner, through the loss of the ntanzc and the Lwi tan ia ,  to the current era of the industry today and its leaders, Carnival (by number of passengers) and Royal Caribbean (the biggest ships). From this historical base, the reader is taken on a journey through governmental regulation relating to cabotage, disability, financial responsibility in personal injury, death, and non-performance claims, gaming, health, liquor, and security by Lawrence W. Kaye of Kaye, Rose and Partners, LLP. Kaye advises the reader about restrictions on trade or navigation in coastal waters (cahotage), appli- cation of the Americans with Disabilities Act to foreign vessels, travel agent sued for failing to inform disabled passengers regarding inaccessihility issues, insurance indemnification require- ments, Gambling Devices Act, transporting persons with commu- 80 FIU Hospitality Reuieu, FIU Hospitality Review, Volume 19, Number 1, 2001Contents © 2001 by FIU Hospitality Review. The reproduction of any artwork. editorial or other material is expressly prohibited without witten permission from the publisher.nicable diseases, sanitationratings, and conflict of US., state and foreign flag laws, among other rele- vant lcgal principals of interest to the practicing attorney and non- l a ~ y e r  as well. Interested in the complexities of the law and what your attorney is doing with all those billable hours relating to your travel agency or cruise line? Walter T. Johnson, a partner in Lillick & Charles, has written Chapter 3 to provide infor- mation on the complexities of prac- tice and procedure, including subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, service of process, venue, state versus federal court, forum issues, time l i i t a -  tions, class actions, and jury trials. John P. McMahon expands on these legal aspects covering forum-selec- tion and choice of law clauses of interest to the practicing attorney in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 may be of special interest to the travel agent booking clients and groups on those wonderFul cruise vacations. This chapter covers the rights of and laws affecting passengers, providing a definition of a passenger, and information on and application of the contract of carriage, the stan- dard of care owed to a passenger, and types of accidents that may occur on board ship. Additionally, the travel agent may be interested in Chapters 8 and 9. The first deals with conces- sionaire liability in on board and off ship injuries to passengers. Not every passenger is promised that an "island is 'as safe as your home' for the purposes of tours and sight- seeing" and then encounters a terrorist's exploding bomb resulting in death and injury.' However, the possibility of accidents duringshore excursions is a reality, and it is prudent for travel agents to know their responsibilities in this instance. Chapter 9 covering ship- board medical care and the quahty of earc given passengers on a cruise is also helpful in providing infor- mation on what a passenger may expect in the way of health care during a cruise. Although the primary audience of the text is practicing lawyers experienced in admiralty law and generalists who happen to get a crnise passenger case, thc book is useful to cruise industry managers and executives (especially in the areas of risk management and claims specialists, as well as  human resources people concerned with crew member selection, employment, and labor law covered in chapter six), travel agents (Chapter 10 deals with cruise line bankruptcies), and educators providing instruction in admiralty and cruise ship law. Benedict on Admimlty was first published in 1850. A multi-volume encyclopedia on admiralty law currently in its seventh edition, Beenedict is considered the leading source on admiralty law in the country. Cost of the complete work is $2,660. Fortunately for the cruise industry, travel agents, and educa- tors, Jarvis has compiled a compre- hensive body of legal information on cruise ships that can be used as Remington FIU Hospitality Review, Volume 19, Number 1, 2001Contents © 2001 by FIU Hospitality Review. The reproduction of any artwork. editorial or other material is expressly prohibited without witten permission from the publisher.a reference tool in the workplace as well as the classroom. While some of the readings may not be complctely relevant to the non- lawyer, Volume 10, Cruise Ships provides a knowledge base for non- lawyers to understand the perils and pitfalls they may encounter or avoid relating to the cruise industry in today's litigious society. Reference ' Rohrt M Janis, ed., Cruise Shlps, Volume 10 of Benedict on Admiralty (New York: Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.Lxis Publishing, Match 2WO): chapter 8, page 7. 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