Resources

Association for Lawyers

• American Association for Justice
• Florida Justice Association
• Miami-Dade Justice Association

Boating Safety

• Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
• United States Coast Guard
• United States Coast Guard / Boating Safety
• Marine Transportation Safety Board
• National Safe Boating Council
• National Safe Boating Council

Crewmembers’ Wages & Contracts

“The Perfect Scam – For the workers life is no carnival” … An article by Kirk Nielsen of the Miami New Times Feb 3 2000.
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“Deep Blue Greed – The Arison clan built Carnival into a money machine by cleverly avoiding tax law” … An article by Ted Kissell of the Miami new Times Feb 3 2000.
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Cruise Industry / Travel Passenger Resources

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• International Centre for Cruise Research
• Cruise Junkie News & Sources
• International Cruise Victims Association

Federal Railroad Administration

• Federal Railroad Administration

Florida

• Florida State Courts
• Florida Laws
• Florida Search of Statutes
• The Florida Bar
• Florida’s Lemon Law
• The Florida Constitution

Injury, Death, Disappearance & Sexual Assault

“Carnival? Try Criminal – What happens when a female passenger is assaulted on a cruise ship? Not much …” An article by Tristram Korten of the Miami New Times Feb 3, 2003.
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Law Enforcement

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”)

Maritime Conventions and Treaties

• United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea
• Hague-Visby Rules
• York-Antwerp Rules

Maritime Legal Links

• U.S. Constitution, Art. III
• Coast Guard
• Navigation & Navigable Waters
• Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
• Clean Water Act
• Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972
• Prevention of Pollution from Ships Act
• Oil Pollution Act of 1990
• Protection of Environment
• Jones Act
• Death on the High Seas Act
• Shipping Act
• Federal Maritime Lien Act

Maritime Organizations / News / References

• International Maritime Organization
• Maritime News
• Admiralty & Maritime Law Guide
• Law of the Sea

Medical Resources

• The Merck Online Medical Library

Passengers with Disability

• ADA Home Page
• ADA Applies to Foreign-Flag Cruise Ships – In Theory
• The ADA and Cruise Ships: Separating Fact From Fiction

Sexual Assault / Rape Help

• Jackson Health System Rape Treatment
• Florida Domestic Violence/Rape Crisis Centers
• Healthy Place “Date or Acquaintance Rape”
• Rape Treatment Center – Santa Monica, ULCA Medical Center
• eMedicineHealth – Sexual Assault
• Womenshealth.gov – Sexual Assault
• The National Center for Victims of Crime
• RAINN.org