Professor Martin Davies, Admiralty Law Institute Professor of Maritime Law & Director, Tulane Maritime Law Center Tulane Law School

 

Martin Davies is Admiralty Law Institute Professor of Maritime Law at Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, Director of the Tulane Maritime Law Center, and Professorial Fellow at Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Australia. 

He holds the degrees of M.A. and B.C.L. from Oxford University, England, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School.   Before joining Tulane, he was Harrison Moore Professor of Law at The University of Melbourne in Australia and before that he taught at Monash University, The University of Western Australia and Nottingham University.   He has also been a visiting professor at universities in Italy and Singapore. 

He is author (or co-author) of books on maritime law, international trade law, conflict of laws, and the law of torts.  He has also published many journal articles on these topics.  He also has extensive practical experience as a consultant in maritime matters and general international litigation and arbitration. He has advised on cargo claims, arrest and admiralty matters, drafting bills of lading, sea waybills and charterparties, collisions and limitation of liability, oil pollution, salvage, marine insurance, maritime arbitrations and international sale of goods.