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This study represents the results of research mainly undertaken in the preparation of a lecture to be delivered before the Norwegian Maritime Law Association. Working with the problems, the writer realized that the original limitations on the scope of the work had to be abandoned. The research revealed questions of interpretation and construction in unexpected number and complexity. In order to surmount the difficulties thus encountered, the writer ventured into an extensive comparative analysis. In the general maritime law, comparison of the law of different countries frequently represents a fertile approach to domestic legal problems. The advantages of comparative studies are particularly apparent if the domestic law in question is derived from international conventions purporting to bring about a certain legal unification among the contracting states.
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