• U.S. Constitution
• Article III, Section 2 "The judicial Power shall extend to all ... Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction."
• Article III, Section 2

U.S. Code

• 1 U.S.C. § 3 , ''Vessel'' as including all means of water transportation.
• 9 U.S.C. § 8 , (Arbitration) Proceedings begun by libel in admiralty and seizure of vessel or property.
• 10 U.S.C. Chapter 655 , Prize (applies to all captures of vessels as prize during war).
• 28 U.S.C. § 1333 , Admiralty, maritime and prize cases.
• Title 14 , Coast Guard.
• Title 33 , Navigation and Navigable Waters.
• Chapter 1 , Navigable Waters Generally.
• Chapter 3 , Navigation Rules for Harbors, Rivers, and Inland Waters Generally.
• Chapter 7 , Regulations for the Suppression of Piracy.
• Chapter 8 , Summary Trials for Certain Offenses Against Navigation Laws.
• Chapter 9 , Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally.
• Chapter 10 , Anchorage Grounds and Harbor Regulations Generally.
• Chapter 11 , Bridges Over Navigable Waters.
• Chapter 12 , River and Harbor Improvements Generally.
• Chapter 13 , Mississippi River Commission.
• Chapter 14 , California Debris Commission.
• Chapter 15 , Flood Control.
• Chapter 16 , Lighthouses.
• Chapter 17 , National Ocean Survey.
• Chapter 18 , Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.
• Chapter 19 , Saint Lawrence Seaway.
• Chapter 22 , Sea Grant Colleges and Marine Science Development.
• Chapter 24 , Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Communication.
• Chapter 25 , Ports and Waterways Safety Program.
• Chapter 26 , Water Pollution Prevention and Control.
• Chapter 27 , Ocean Dumping.
• Chapter 28 , Pollution Casualties on the High Seas: United States Intervention.
• Chapter 29 , Deepwater Ports.
• Chapter 30 , International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.
• Chapter 31 , Ocean Pollution Research and Development and Monitoring Planning (Repealed).
• Chapter 32 , Inland Waterways Trust Fund.
• Chapter 33 , Prevention of Pollution From Ships.
• Chapter 34 , Inland Navigational Rules.
• Chapter 35 , Artificial Reefs.
• Chapter 36 , Water Resources Development.
• Chapter 37 , Organotin Antifouling Paint Control.
• Chapter 38 , Dumping of Medical Waste by Public Vessels.
• Chapter 39 , Shore Protection from Municipal or Commercial Waste.
• Chapter 40 , Oil Pollution.
• Chapter 41 , National Coastal Monitoring.
• Title 46 , Shipping.
• Notes
• Subtitle II , Vessels and Seamen.
• Subtitle III , Maritime Liability.
• Title 49 , Transportation
• Subtitle IV , Interstate Transportation.

 

Code of Federal Regulations

• 33 CFR Provides direct access to Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations---Navigation and Navigable Waters.
• 46 CFR Searchable site that provides access to the Code of Federal Regulations: Title 46; Shipping.
• 46 CFR 500, Chapter IV Includes links to Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) sections governing the Federal Maritime Commission.

U.S. State Laws

• State Statutes Dealing with Navigation From Cornell.

 

International

• England, Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 From Lex Mercatoria.
• IMO, International Convention On Salvage, 1989 From Lex Mercatoria.
• International Convention On Maritime Liens And Mortgages 1993 From Lex Mercatoria.
• The Hague-Visby Rules The Hague Rules as Amended by the Brussels Protocol 1968 From Lex Mercatoria.
• United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (The Hamburg Rules) Hamburg, 30 March 1978 From Lex Mercatoria.