What is admiralty law? Is it the same as maritime law?

Admiralty law is a term that harkens back to the time prior to the American Revolution. It largely focused on contracts and torts that favored the interests of ship owners. Maritime law, on the other hand, is a set of laws that grew out of a need to protect the interests of typically low-paid seamen who often performed dangerous work for ship owners.

Over the years, the function of these laws merged to address contracts and torts as well as seamen injuries, so much so that the terms are now interchangeable. Today’s legal world is incredibly complex.

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