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Contents: Part 1: Admiralty jurisdiction: an introduction to maritime law and the jurisdiction -- Admiralty jurisdiction in Ghana -- Maritime liens, statutory right in rem and mortgage- a comparative analysis of Ghanaian and English law -- body of the God of the Ghana Shipping Act, Act 645 (2002) -- fundamentals of successful ship arrest and issues of release and security -- law of towage and pilotage -- the law relating to sale and purchase of ships -- Maritime safety and liability: penal and private law implications from common law in Chinese law perspectives -- understanding operations of maritime liens in Ghana by Godwin Djokoto -- Part 2: Carriage of goods by sea -- Contract of affreightment - an overview -- the international convention on contracts for the international carriage of goods wholly or partly by sea: a balance of interest -- contracts for the international sale of goods and documentary credits -- obligations of parties in carriage contract and international conventions uniformity or unilateralism -- understanding the concept of laytime and demurage in the carriage of goods by sea -- overview of charter parties in the carriage of goods by sea -- limitations of liability Hague rule/Hamburg rules -- liquor statue of the agent in international transactions -- marine cargo claims and application of The Hague rule -- assessment of damages in marine cargo claims: a judges guide -- Part 3: Marine insurance: the genesis problems consequences of maritime piracy potential solution for an emerging oil based economy -- the menace of maritime fraud -- summation of some key maritime security issues and the existing international legal framework -- Part 4: Maritime securities: marine insurance law and development -- understanding of contributions, subrogation and the doctrine of proxima causa in insurance policies -- understanding the concept of warranties in marine insurance -- protection and indemnity clas:s the law and practice -- Part 5: Multimodal transport: the international legal regime for transportation of goods by road -- understanding the guy regime relating to the carriage of goods by road within the supply chain framework -- the law on carriage of goods by air -- Part 6: Oil and Gas: exploitation of Ghana's oil and gas resources: some legal issues -- The legal and fiscal regime in the upstream oil and gas industry: a case study of the jubilee fields -- exploitation of oil and gas: expounding the local content policy for Ghana -- Part 7: Marine pollution and limitation of liability: essentials of regimes of limitation of liability in maritime law -- Part 8: Public international law: my time zones of coastal states: legislative and enforcement jurisdiction under UNCLOS -- criminalization and fair treatment of seafarers and the rule of the judiciary -- the international tribunal for the law of the sea its jurisdiction and work -- the doctrine of sovereign immunity in international law: the case of the ARD liberatad.