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Publications Bevan Marten

Books

  • Maritime Law in New Zealand (Thomson Reuters, Wellington, 2016).
  • Port State Jurisdiction and the Regulation of International Merchant Shipping (Springer, Heidelberg, 2014) 274pp.

            Edited collections

            • Maritime Law in the Asia-Pacific Region (Australia and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal, vol 30, 2016) 82pp.
            • (with Tony Angelo and Geoff McLay) Issue in Honour of Professor Bill Atkin (Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, vol 46, 2015), 469pp.

            Chapters

            • "National Translations of the Arrest Conventions: Anglo-Common Law Jurisdictions" in Paul Myburgh (ed) The Arrest Conventions: International Enforcement of Maritime Claims (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2019) pp 281-306.
            • "Liability, limitation of maritime"  in J Basedow et al (eds) Encyclopedia of Private International Law (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2017) pp 1140-1146.
            • "Maritime law (uniform law)" in J Basedow et al (eds) Encyclopedia of Private International Law (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2017) pp 1210-1219.
            • "Port State Jurisdiction, International Conventions, and Extraterritoriality: An Expansive Interpretation" in Henrik Ringbom (ed) Jurisdiction over Ships: Post-UNCLOS Developments in the Law of the Sea (Brill, Leiden, 2015) pp 103-139 SSRN.
            • "SOLAS Article VII and Pacific Island Passenger Services" in Jürgen Basedow, Ulrich Magnus and Rüdiger Wolfrum (eds) The Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs 2011-2013 (Springer, Heidelberg, 2014).
            • (with Geraint Howells and Wolfgang Wurmnest) "Language of Information, Contract, and Communication" in Gerhard Dannemann and Stefan Vogenauer (eds) The Common European Sales Law in Context: Interactions with English and German Law (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013) pp 190-215.
            • (with Jens Scherpe) "Mediation in England and Wales: Regulation and Practice" in Klaus J Hopt and Felix Steffek (eds) Mediation: Principles and Regulation in Comparative Perspective (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013) pp 365-454.
            • "Exemplary Damages" in P Blanchard (ed) Civil Remedies in New Zealand (2nd ed, Thompson Reuters, Wellington, 2011) pp 521-562.

            Journal articles

            • (with Geoff McLay) "Should New Zealand Shirk Its Obligations? A Critical Perspective on Private Law Scholarship" (2016) 47(3) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 429-442. SSRN
            • "The Vice Admiralty Court of New Zealand: Imperial Neglect and Colonial Pragmatism 1841-1868" (2016) 3 law&history p 104 SSRN.
            • "Constitutional Irregularities in the British Imperial Courts of Vice Admiralty during the Mid Nineteenth Century" (2016) 37 Journal of Legal History pp 215-243.
            • "Port State Jurisdiction over Vessel Information: Territoriality, Extra-territoriality and the Future of Shipping Regulation" (2016) 31 International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law pp 470-498 SSRN.
            • "Shipping and Air Pollution: New Zealand’s Failure to Ratify MARPOL Annex VI" (2016) 30 Australia and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal 90-98.
            • "Third Party Agreements in the Salvage Context" [2014] Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 497-510.
            • "Port State Jurisdiction in New Zealand: The Problem with Sellers" (2013) 44 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 559-572 SSRN.
            • "Limitation of Liability in Maritime Law and Vessel-Source Pollution: A New Zealand Perspective" [2013] NZ Law Review pp 199-225 SSRN.
            • "Multimodal Transport Reform and the European Union: A Minimalist Approach" (2012) 47 European Transport Law p 129 SSRN.
            • "Multimodal Transport Reform and the European Union: A Treaty Change Approach" (2012) 36 Tulane Maritime Law Journal p 741 SSRN.
            • "The Enforcement of Shipping Standards under UNCLOS" (2011) 10 WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs p 45 SSRN.
            • "Pollution, Liability and the Rena: Lessons and Opportunities for New Zealand" (2011) NZ Law Journal pp 341-350 SSRN.
            • "Just One Minute: Court vetting of media reports?" (2007) 5 New Zealand Family Law Journal p 277 SSRN.
            • "Limitation of Liability for Personal Injury in New Zealand: ACC Meets the Sea" (2006) 20 Australia & New Zealand Maritime Law Journal p 16 SSRN.
            • "A Fairly Genuine Comment on Honest Opinion in New Zealand" (2005) 36 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review p 127 SSRN.

            Short articles

            • "New Zealand's Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017" (2018) 32 Australia and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal pp 39-43
            • "The Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017" [2017] NZ Law Journal pp 310-311 SSRN.
            • Editorial: “Maritime Law in the Asia-Pacific Region” (2016) 30 Australia and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal pp 64-66 SSRN.
            • "ACC's Cover Provisions Need a Makeover" [2016] NZ Law Journal pp 223-225.
            • "Book Review: Australian Private International Law for the 21st Century: Facing Outwards" (2016) 80 Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law pp 184-188.
            • (with Tony Angelo and Geoff McLay) "Bill Atkin: Colleague, Mentor, Teacher, Friend" (2015) 46 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 575-580.
            • "The Flag State, and The Port State and SOLAS" (2014) 20(3) The Journal of International Maritime Law pp 161-164 SSRN.
            • "International Recent Developments: New Zealand" (2014) 38 Tulane Maritime Law Journal p 623.
            • "Book Review: Tort Law - Challenging Orthodoxy" [2014] NZ Law Journal p 166 SSRN.
            • "Salvaging the Rena" [2013] NZ Law Journal p 412 SSRN.
            • "Flag State Powers" [2013] NZ Law Journal p 84.
            • "The Rena and Liability" [2011] NZ Law Journal p 341 SSRN.
            • "Book Review: E W Thomas The Judicial Process" (2006) 37 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review p 153.

            Presentations

            • "Proceeding across the seas - practicalities of admiralty litigation in the early 19th century" at Sea Spaces and Oceanic History, UTS, Sydney, 11 October 2019.
            • "Australia and New Zealand Shipping Law Reform 1888-1907" at MLAANZ Annual Conference, Auckland, 13 September 2019.
            • "The Ship's Flag as a Connecting Factor in Private and Public International Law" at Cross-Border Issues in Australasian Courts, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 14 February 2018.
            • "Britain's High Court of Admiralty 1798-1875: Colonising Commerce?" at Legal Histories of Empire: Perspectives from the Colonized conference (University of the West Indies, Barbados, 11 - 13 July 2018).
            • "Confronting British Bullies (Through Shipping Law Reform)" at Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society Annual Conference, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 15 December 2017.
            • "Pity the Poor Registrar: The Court’s Role in Admiralty Proceedings" Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand annual conference, Melbourne, 5 October 2017.
            • "The Ongoing Duty of Good Faith: Young v Tower Insurance" New Zealand Insurance Law Association annual conference, Wellington, 15 September 2017.
            • "Common Law Translations of the Arrest Conventions" Colloquium on the Arrest Conventions 1952 and 1999, Centre for Maritime Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 29 November 2016.
            • "New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Scheme: The Statutory Bar, Viewed from Afar", Faculty of Law, University of Augsburg, Germany, 29 June 2016.
            • "National Laws and Policies on Marine Environmental Protection: Observations from New Zealand", Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific Study Group on Marine Environmental Protection, Manila, 4 April 2016.
            • "Shipping and Air Pollution: The Asia-Pacific Response", Maritime Law in the Asia-Pacific Region Workshop, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 26 February 2016.
            • (with Geoff McLay) "Should New Zealand Shirk Its Obligations? A Critical Perspective on Private Law Scholarship", Private Law Roundtable, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 22 February 2016.
            • "Port State Information Requirements: The Thin End of the Wedge?" at Unijuris Seminar on Extraterritoriality in Port State Jurisdiction: Diverging Approaches to the Regulation of Global Values within the Law of the Sea Regime (14 December, Utrecht University School of Law, 2015).
            • "The Erosion of Flag State Authority" at Beeby Colloquium on International Law (Wellington, MFAT, 3 December 2015), and at Erasmus University Rotterdam  16 December 2015
            • "A History of the Admiralty Jurisdiction in New Zealand, 1841-1864", ANZLHS Conference, Coffs Harbour NSW, 13 December 2014.
            • "Maritime Law in New Zealand: Sources and Approaches in the New Zealand Supreme Court", New and Emerging Scholars Symposium, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, 13 November 2014.
            • "A History of New Zealand’s Admiralty Jurisdiction", Institute of Maritime Law, University of Southampton, Southampton, 26 June 2014.
            • "Port State Jurisdiction: The Unclear Legal Limits, Developments in State Practice and the Effects on Customary International Law", Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Oslo, 24 June 2014.
            • "Third Party Contracts in the Salvage Context", MLAANZ Conference, Sydney, 19 September 2013.
            • "Paying for the clean-up beyond salvage and recovery: who is liable?" at Coastal Emergencies Conference, Wellington, 20 May 2013.
            • "SOLAS Art VII and Pacific Island Passenger Services", International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs, Hamburg, 4 February 2013.
            • "New Zealand: Port State at the Edge of the World", Maritime New Zealand, Wellington, 25 October 2012.
            • "Multimodal Transport Reform and the European Union: A Minimalist Approach", Konzil, MPI Privatrecht, Hamburg, 23 January 2012.
            • "Multimodal Transport: The European Union's Options for Reform", Oslo-Southamton-Tulane Colloquium on Multimodal Transport, Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, USA, 17 September 2011.