The Cases*
| Case Name | Citation | Link to Full Text (.pdf) | Case Summary |
| Adams v. Unione Mediterranea Di Sicurta | 220 F.3d 659 (5th Cir. 2000) | ||
| California v. Deep Sea Research, Inc. | 523 U.S. 491 (1998) | ||
| Columbus-American Discovery Group v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. | 203 F.3d 291 (4th Cir. 2000) | ||
| Commonwealth v. Maritime Underwater Surveys, Inc. | 531 N.E.2d 549 (Mass. 1988) | ||
| Deep Sea Research v. Brother Jonathan | 883 F.Supp. 1343 (9th Cir. 1995) | ||
| Deep Sea Research v. Brother Jonathan | 89 F.3d 680 (9th Cir. 1996) | ||
| Deep Sea Research v. Brother Jonathan | 102 F.3d 379 (9th Cir. 1996) | ||
| Dluhos v. Floating and Abandoned Vessel Known as New York | 979 F.Supp. 138 (N.D.N.Y. 1997) | ||
| Ehorn v. Abandoned Shipwreck Known as Rosinco, Her Tackle, Appurtenances, Furnishings, and Cargo | 185 F.Supp.2d 965 (E.D. Wis. 2001) | ||
| Ehorn v. Sunken Vessel Known as "Rosinco" | 294 F.3d 856 (7th Cir. 2002) | ||
| Fairport International Exploration, Inc. v. Shipwrecked Vessel | 913 F.Supp. 552 (W.D. Mich. 1995) | ||
| Fairport International Exploration, Inc. v. Shipwrecked Vessel Known as The Captain Lawrence | 105 F.3d 1078 (6th Cir. 1997) | ||
| Fairport International Exploration, Inc. v. Shipwrecked Vessel, Captain Lawrence | 177 F.3d 491 (6th Cir. 1999) | ||
| Fairport International Exploration, Inc. v. Shipwrecked Vessel | 72 F.Supp.2d 795 (W.D. Mich. 1999) | ||
| Fairport International Exploration, Inc. v. The Captain Lawrence | 245 F.3d 857 (6th Cir. 2001) | ||
| International Aircraft Recovery, L.L.C. v. Unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Aircraft | 218 F.3d 1255 (11th Cir. 2000) | ||
| Jupiter Wreck, Inc. v. Unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Sailing Vessel | 691 F.Supp. 1377 (S.D. Fla. 1988) | ||
| Lathrop v. Unidentified, Wrecked, and Abandoned Vessel | 817 F.Supp. 953 (M.D. Fla. 1993) | ||
| Marx v. Government of Guam | 866 F.2d 294 (9th Cir. 1989) | ||
| People ex rel. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency v. Zych | 687 N.E.2d 141 (Ill.App. 1 Dist. 1997) | ||
| People ex rel. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency v. Zych | 186 N.E.2d 820 (Ill. 1999) | ||
| Sea Hunt, Inc. v. Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel or Vessels | 22 F.Supp.2d 521 (E.D. Va. 1998) | ||
| Sea Hunt, Inc. v. Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel or Vessels | 47 F.Supp.2d 678 (E.D. Va. 1999) | ||
| Sea Hunt, Inc. v. Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel or Vessels | 191 F.R.D. 508 (E.D. Va. 1999) | ||
| Sea Hunt, Inc. v. Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel or Vessels | 221 F.3d 634 (4th Cir. 2000) | ||
| Sindia Expedition, Inc. v. Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel, Known as The Sindia | 710 F.Supp. 1020 (D.N.J. 1989) | ||
| Sindia Expedition, Inc. v. Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel, Known as The Sindia | 895 F.2d 116 (3rd Cir. 1990) | ||
| Sunken Treasure, Inc. v. Unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel | 857 F.Supp. 1129 (D.Virgin Islands 1994) | ||
| Trueman v. Historic Steamtug New York | 120 F.Supp.2d 228 (N.D.N.Y. 2000) | ||
| United States v. Steinmetz | 763 F.Supp. 1293 (D.N.J. 1991) | ||
| Yukon Recovery, L.L.C. v. Certain Abandoned Property | 205 F.3d 1189 (9th Cir. 2000) | ||
| Zych v. Unidentified Wrecked Vessel Believed to Be SB Lady Elgin | 746 F.Supp. 1334 (N.D. Ill. 1990) | ||
| Zych v. Unidentified Wrecked Vessel Believed to Be SB Lady Elgin | 755 F.Supp. 213 (N.D. Ill. 1990) | ||
| Zych v. Unidentified Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel, Believed to Be the Seabird | 941 F.2d 525 (7th Cir. 1991) | ||
| Zych v. Unidentified Wrecked Vessel Believed to Be The Lady Elgin | 960 F.2d 665 (7th Cir. 1992) | ||
| Zych v. Unidentified Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel, Believed to Be SB Seabird | 811 F.Supp. 1300 (N.D. Ill. 1992) | ||
| Zych v. Unidentified Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel, Believed to Be the Seabird | 19 F.3d 1136 (7th Cir. 1994) |
*Case citations are all that is available at present. Check with your local law or government documents librarian for assistance in locating the original sources. As time permits, full text and summary versions of the cases will be added to this site.
Secondary Sources
Books
| Author | Title | Other Information |
| Amrhein, Jr., John | The Hidden Galleon: The True Story of a Lost Spanish Ship and the Legendary Wild Horses of Assateague Island | New Maritima Press, October 2007, ISBN – 978-0-9796872-0-4 |
Journal Articles
| Author | Title | Journal | Pages | Other Information |
| Arnold, J.Barto | United States Federal Level Historic Shipwreck Legislation: Development and Status | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | 3-5 | Vol.16(1) (1987) |
| Arnold, J. Barto, L. Landry, G. Roseberry, | Preliminary Mapping of the Caney Creek Wreck: A Model of Appropriate Private-Sector Access to An Historic Shipwreck | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | 109-113 | Vol.23(2) (1994) |
| Bass, George F. | History Beneath the Sea: The Birth of Nautical Archaeology | Archaeology | 48-53, 94 | Vol.51(6) (1998) |
| Baumgartner, Mark R. | Federal Jurisdiction Over State Claims to Shipwrecks: Should the Eleventh Amendment Go Down with the Ship? | William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal | 469- | Vol.8 (2000) |
| Becker, Mary Ann | Regulating the Business of Culture: The Abandoned Shipwreck Act: Can Preservationists, Salvors, and Divers Sail in Calmer Waters? | DePaul Law Review | 569- | Vol.51 (2001) |
| Bederman, David J. | Admiralty and the Eleventh Amendment | Notre Dame Law Review | 935- | Vol.72 (1997) |
| Bederman, David J. | Historic Salvage and the Law of the Sea | University of Miami Inter-American Law Review | 99- | Vol.30 (1998) |
| Bederman, David J. | Maritime Preservation Law: Old Challenges, New Trends | Widener Law Symposium | 163- | Vol.8 (2002) |
| Berean, Kevin | Sea Hunt, Inc. v. The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel or Vessels: How the Fourth Circuit Rocked the Boat | Brooklyn Law Review | 1249- | Vol.67 (2002) |
| Booth, Forrest | Who Owns Sunken Treasure? The Supreme Court, The Abandoned Shipwreck Act and The Brother Jonathan | University of San Francisco Maritime Law Journal | 77- | Vol.11 (1998-1999) |
| Boyer, Matthew T. | Is the Titanic Resting in the Right Hands? A Discussion of R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. in Federal District Court and the Fourth Circuit | Widener Journal of Public Law | 379- | Vol.9 (2000) |
| Bradley, Jr., Lawrence D. | Treasure Trove Law | GP Solo | 32- | Vol.17(6) (2000) |
| Braunstein, Sherri J. | Shipwrecks Lost and Found at Sea: The Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 is Still Causing Confusion and Conflict Rather Than Preserving Historic Shipwrecks | Widener Law Symposium | 301- | Vol.8 (2002) |
| Bryant, Christopher R. | The Archaeological Duty of Care: The Legal, Professional, and Cultural Struggle Over Salvaging Historic Shipwrecks | Albany Law Review | 97- | Vol.65 (2001) |
| Cabantous, A. | A Deeply Rooted Tradition: The Pillaging of Shipwrecks | Historia | 95- | Vol.545 (1992) |
| Cohen, Douglas S. | Should Noli Forfendi Apply to Sunken Ships? | Boston University Law Review | 193- | Vol.73 (1993) |
| Cohn, A.B. | A Perspective on the Future of Underwater Archaeology (Reply to James P. Delgado) | Historical Archaeology | 9-13 | Vol.34(4) (2000) |
| Collins, S.E. | Managing Historic Shipwrecks in the United States | Coastal Management | 309-332 | Vol.17(4) (1989) |
| Croome, A. | The United States' Abandoned Shipwreck Act Goes Into Action: A Report | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | 39-53 | Vol.21(1) (1992) |
| Cuthill, M. | Managing the Yongala Historic Shipwreck | Coastal Management | 33-46 | Vol.26(1) (1998) |
| Daly, Michael J. | Has the Antiquities Act Gone Down With the Ship? A Preemption Analysis of Rhode Island's Shipwreck Laws | Roger Williams University Law Review | 539- | Vol.6 (2001) |
| Delgado, James P. | Underwater Archaeology at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century | Historical Archaeology | 9-13 | Vol.34(4) (2000) |
| Dunbar, James S. | The Types and Potentials of Underwater Archaeological Resources in Florida: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Underwater Archaeology But Were Afraid to Ask | The Florida Anthropologist | 435-441 | Vol.41 (1988) |
| Feingold, Denise B. | The Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987: Navigating Turbulant Constitutional Waters? | University of Bridgport Law Review | 361- | Vol.10 (1990) |
| Flecker, M. | The Ethics, Politics, and Realities of Maratime Archaeology in Southeast Asia | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | 12-24 | Vol.31(1) (2002) |
| Forrest, Craig J.S. | Has the Application of Salvage Law to Underwater Cultural Heritage Become a Thing of the Past? | Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce | 309- | Vol.34 (2003) |
| Gaskell, Nicholas J.J. | The 1989 Salvage Convention and The Lloyd's Open Forum (LOF) Salvage Agreement 1990 | Tulane Maritime Law Journal | 1- | Vol.16 (1991) |
| Gasser, Kristi | Making Sense of the Muddle: Deep Sea Research Takes on the Abandoned Shipwreck Act and the Eleventh Amendment in California v. Deep Sea Research, Inc. | Tulane Maritime Law Journal | 567- | Vol.23 (1999) |
| Gerstenblith, Patty | Identity and Cultural Property: The Protection of Cultural Property in the United States | Boston University Law Review | 559- | Vol.73 (1995) |
| Gibbins, David | What Shipwrecks Can Tell Us | Antiquity | 408-411 | Vol.69(263) (1995) |
| Giesecke, Anne G. | The Abandoned Shipwreck Bill: Protecting Our Threatened Cultural Heritage | Archaeology | 50- | Vol.40(4) (1987) |
| Giesecke, Anne G. | The Abandoned Shipwreck Act Through the Eyes of Its Drafter | Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce | 167- | Vol.30 (1999) |
| Goodheart, A. | Into the Depths of History: With Robots Exploring the Bounty of Shipwrecks on the Ocean Floor, We're Faced with the Issue of Whether to Take It or Leave It | Preservation | 36-45 | Vol.51(1) (1999) |
| Green, J. | Historic Shipwrecks: Discovered, Protected and Investigated | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | 265-267 | Vol.27(3) (1998) |
| Harris, Jason R. | The Protection of Sunken Warships as Gravesites at Sea | Ocean and Coastal Law Journal | 75- | Vol.7 (2001) |
| Harris, M. June | Who Owns the Pot at the End of the Rainbow? A Review of the Impact of Cultural Property on Finders and Salvage Laws | Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law | 223- | Vol.14 (1997) |
| Hawkins, Ashton, David Korzenik, and David Rudenstine | Who Is Entitled to Own the Past? | Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal | 243- | Vol.19 (2001) |
| Herscher, E. | Hearings Held on Historic Shipwreck Legislation | Journal of Field Archaeology | 79-98 | Vol.11(1) (1984) |
| Hess, Peter E. | Battles Over Historic Shipwrecks, or Who Owns the Civil War? | Delaware Lawyer | 8- | Vol.11 (Spring) (1993) |
| Hess, Peter E. | Deep Shipwreck In High Courts | Delaware Lawyer | 16- | Vol.17 (Spring) (1999) |
| Horne, W. | Disturbing the Shipwreck Act? Supreme Court Sends Claims on Abandoned Sites to Forum Considered Unsympathetic | Preservation | 18-19 | Vol.50(4) (1998) |
| Horrell, Drew F.T. | Telepossession is Nine-Tenths of the Law: The Emerging Industry of Deep Ocean Discovery | Pace Yearbook of International Law | 309- | Vol.3 (1991) |
| Johnston, P.F. | Treasure Salvage, Archaeological Ethics, and Maratime Museums | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | 53-60 | Vol.22(1) (1993) |
| Jones, John Paul | The United States Supreme Court and Treasure Salvage: Issues Remaining After Brother Jonathan | Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce | 205- | Vol.30 (1999) |
| Jones, T.N. | The Investigation and Excavation of a Deepwater Shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico | Maritime Technology Society Journal | 51-54 | Vol.36(3) (2002) |
| Kahn, Lawrence J. | Sunken Treasures: Conflicts Between Historic Preservation Law and the Maritime Law of Finds | Tulane Environmental Law Journal | 595- | Vol.7 (1994) |
| Kang, Clarissa A. | Charting Through Protection for Historic Shipwrecks Found in U.S. Territorial Waters: Sea Hunt, Inc. v. Unidentified, Shipwrecked Vessel or Vessels | Virginia Environmental Law Journal | 87- | Vol.19 (2000) |
| Kaoru, Y. and P. Hoagland | The Value of Historic Shipwrecks: Conflicts and Management | Coastal Management | 195-213 | Vol.22(2) (1994) |
| Keller, Paul N. | Salvor-Sovereign Relations: How the State of Illinois Destroyed the Lady Elgin | Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce | 245- | Vol.30 (1999) |
| Lorello, Jr., D. David | The Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987: Navigating Through the Fog | Gonzaga Law Review | 75- | Vol.35 (1999/2000) |
| Martin, J.C. | Salvor Ethics: Museums and Standards for Dealing with Underwater Cultural Resources, Including Shipwrecks | Museum News | 7 | Vol.76(4) (1997) |
| Mather, R. | Technology and the Search for Shipwrecks | Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce | 175-184 | Vol.30(2) (1999) |
| McLaughlin, Sabrina L. | Roots, Relics and Recovery: What Went Wrong With the Abandoned Shipwreck Act | Columbia-VLA Journal of Law and the Arts | 149- | Vol.19 (1995) |
| McLean, Craig N. | Law of Salvage Reclaimed: Columbus-America Discovery v. Atlantic Mutual | Bridgport Law Review | 477- | Vol.13 (1993) |
| McQuown, Terence P. | An Archaeological Argument for the Inapplicability of Admiralty Law in the Disposition of Historic Shipwrecks | William Mitchell Law Review | 289- | Vol.26 (2000) |
| Meazell, Christopher L. | Being and Embeddedness: The Abandoned Shipwreck Act's Historical Proxy is All At Sea | Georgia Law Review | 1743- | Vol.34 (2000) |
| Miller, Robert | Charting the Future of Historic Shipwreck Legislation in California: Application of an English Model in the Salvage of the Brother Jonathan | Hastings International and Comparative Law Review | 793- | Vol.17 (1994) |
| Muncher, D.A. | The Conservation of WLF-HA-1: The Whydah Shipwreck Site | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | 335-349 | Vol.20(4) (1991) |
| Murphy, Sean D. | Ownership of Sunken Warships | American Journal of International Law | 678- | Vol.94 (2000) |
| Nafzinger, James A.R. | The Underlying Constitutionalism of the Law Governing Archaeological and Other Cultural Heritage | Willamette Law Review | 581- | Vol.30 (1994) |
| Nafzinger, James A.R. | The Titanic Revisited | Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce | 311- | Vol.30 (1999) |
| Nafzinger, James A.R. | Historic Salvage Law Revisited | Ocean Development and International Law | 81-96 | Vol.31(1-2) (2000) |
| Nafzinger, James A.R. | The Evolving Role of Admiralty Courts in Litigation Related to Historic Wreck | Harvard International Law Journal | 251- | Vol.44 (2003) |
| Neil, Paul | California v. Deep Sea Research: Leashing in the Eleventh Amendment to Keep Sinking Shipwreck Claims Afloat | Pepperdine Law Review | 657- | Vol.27 (2000) |
| O'Shea, Deirdre | The Evolution of Maritime Historic Preservation Jurisprudence | Widener Law Symposium | 417- | Vol.8 (2002) |
| Owen, D.R. | The Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 - Goodbye to Salvage in the Territorial Sea | Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce | 499-516 | Vol.19(4) (1988) |
| Pallas, William J. | The Doctrine of State Succession and the Law of Historic Shipwrecks, the Bell of the Alabama: United States v. Steinmetz | Tulane Maritime Law Journal | 343- | Vol.17 (1993) |
| Paull, IV, James | Salvaging Sunken Shipwrecks: Whose Treasure is It? A Look at the Competing Interests for Florida's Underwater Riches | Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law | 347- | Vol.9 (1994) |
| Peltz, Robert D. | Salvaging Historic Wrecks | Tulane Maritime Law Journal | 1- | Vol.25 (2000) |
| Pendleton, E. | Trouble Down Below: Protection of Historic Shipwreck Sites | Historic Preservation | 44-51 | Vol.37(2) (1985) |
| Phelan, Marilyn | A Synopsis of the Laws Protecting Our Cultural Heritage | New England Law Review | 63- | Vol.28 (1993) |
| Pournou, A., A.M. Jones, and S.T. Moss | Biodeterioration Dynamics of Marine Wreck Sites Determine the Need for Their In-Situ Protection | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | 299-305 | Vol.30(2) (2001) |
| Poltrack, Sean | Sea Hunt, Inc. v. Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel or Vessels: The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Interprets the Standard for Abandonment Under the Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 | University of Baltimore Journal of Environmental Law | 170- | Vol.7 (2000) |
| Robol, Richard T. | Legal Protection for Underwater Cultural Resources: Can We Do Better? | Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce | 303- | Vol.30 (1999) |
| Romny, K.M. | Spain's Day in Court: Salvage Law and Archaeological Shipwrecks | Archaeology | 18 | Vol.52(6) (1999) |
| Sclafani, Kyle S. | Sea Hunt, Inc. v. Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessels: Defining a Standard of "Abandonment" for the Shipwreck of a Sovereign | Tulane Maritime Law Journal | 559- | Vol.25 (2001) |
| Scrimo, Jeffrey T. | Raising the Dead: Improving the Recovery and Management of Historic Shipwrecks | Ocean and Coastal Law Journal | 271- | Vol.5 (2000) |
| Seidemann, Ryan M. | Protection of Shipwrecks in Louisiana and Federal Waters | Louisiana Coastal Law | 1-2 | Vol.81 (2002) |
| Stern, Justin S. | Smart Salvage: Extending Traditional Maritime Law to Include Intellectual Property Rights in Historic Shipwrecks | Fordham Law Review | 2489- | Vol.68 (2000) |
| Stevens, Timothy T. | The Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987: Finding the Proper Ballast for the States | Villanova Law Review | 573- | Vol.37 (1992) |
| Sweeney, Joseph C. | An Overview of Commercial Salvage Principles in the Context of Marine Archaeology | Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce | 185- | Vol.30 (1999) |
| Tetley, William | Special Legislative Rights and Wreck Removal | Louisiana Law Review | 861- | Vol.55 (1995) |
| Thompson, Mark | Finders Weepers Losers Keepers: United States of American v. Steinmetz, The Doctrine of State Succession, Maritime Finds, and the Bell of the C.S.S. Alabama | Connecticut Law Review | 479- | Vol.28 (1996) |
| Tomlinson, Peter | "Full Fathom Five": Legal Hurdles to Treasure | Emory Law Journal | 1099- | Vol.42 (1993) |
| Tompa, Peter K. | Ancient Coins as Cultural Property: A Cause for Concern? | Journal of International Legal Studies | 69- | Vol.4 (1998) |
| Trupp, P. | Ancient Shipwrecks Yield Both Prizes and Bitter Conflict: Underwater Archaeology Versus Treasure Hunting | Smithsonian | 78- | Vol.14(7) (1983) |
| Varmer, Ole | The Case Against The "Salvage" of the Cultural Heritage | Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce | 279- | Vol.30 (1999) |
| Walker, Jerry E. | A Contemporary Standard for Determining Title to Sunken Warships: A Tale of Two Vessels and Two Nations | University of San Francisco Maritime Law Journal | 311- | Vol.12 (1999-2000) |
| Whipple, Carlyle H. and Laura N. Whipple | Wisconsin Shipwrecks: Finders Keepers? | Wisconsin Lawyer | 18- | Vol.74(Sept.) (2001) |
| Wilder, Mark A. | Application of Salvage and the Law of Finds to Sunken Shipwreck Discoveries | Defense Counsel Journal | 92- | Vol.67 (2000) |
| Yeates, Jeffrey W. | Clearing Up the Confusion: A Strict Standard of Abandonment for Sunken Public Vessels | University of San Francisco Maritime Law Journal | 359- | Vol.12 (1999-2000) |
Non ASA Sources on Shipwreck/Underwater Archaeology Law and Preservation
(These sources are either from non-U.S. jurisdictions or predate the ASA)
| Author | Title | Journal | Pages | Other Information |
| Attard, David | The International Regime for the Protection of Archaeological and Historical Objects Found at Sea: A Mediterranean Perspective | Journal of Mediterranean Studies | 113-121 | Vol.9(1) (1999) |
| Breen, C. and W. Forsythe | Management and Protection of the Maritime Cultural Resources in Ireland | Coastal Management | 41-51 | Vol.29(1) (2001) |
| Coolbaugh, Stephen P. | Raiders of the Lost Sub? The Potential for Private Claims of Ownership to Military Shipwrecks in International Waters: The Case of the Japanese Submarine I-52 | Buffalo Law Review | 929- | Vol.49 (2001) |
| Cottrell, Anne M. | The Law of the Sea and International Marine Archaeology: Abandoning Admiralty Law to Protect Historic Shipwrecks | Fordham International Law Journal | 667- | Vol.17 (1994) |
| Elia, R.J. | Fate of the Titanic: Debate Concerning the Rate at Which the Famous Ship is Deteriorating | Archaeology | 16 | Vol.54(2) (2001) |
| Fewster, K.J. and J.R. Valliant | Titanic and the Ethical Position of the AAM on Shipwreck Salvage: Delving Beneath the Surface | Museum News | 29- | Vol.76(3) (1997) |
| Giesecke, Anne G. | Shipwrecks, States, and the Courts | Archaeology | 80 | Vol.38(5) (1985) |
| Johnson, P.F. | Titanic Ethics: AAM Policy on Salvaged Shipwrecks | Museum News | 7 | Vol.76(3) (1997) |
| Joint Nautical Archaeology Policy Committee | Heritage at Sea: Proposals for the Better Protection of British Arhcaeological Sites Underwater | Antiquity | 390-400 | Vol.64(243) (1990) |
| Lyndell, V. Prott and Patrick J. O'Keefe | Law and the Underwater Heritage | UNESCO Courier | 24 | Vol.40(11) (1987) |
| Marx, R.F. | The Disappearing Underwater Heritage | Museum | 9-10 | Vol.35(1) (1983) |
| McKinlay, J.R. and Graeme J. Henderson | The Protection of Historic Shipwrecks: A New Zealand Case Study in Archaeology | Archaeology | 48-51 | Vol.38(6) (1985) |
| Momber, G. | Reflections on the Legal Standing of Underwater Archaeology in the UK | Underwater Technology | 115-118 | Vol.24(3) (2000) |
| Nicholson, Sean R. | Mutiny As To the Bounty: International Law's Failing Preservation Efforts Regarding Shipwrecks and Their Artifacts Located in International Waters | UMKC Law Review | 135- | Vol.66 (1997) |
| Oxley, Ian | Towards the Integrated Management of Scotland's Cultural Heritage: Examining Historic Shipwrecks As Marine Environmental Resources | World Archaeology | 413-426 | Vol.32(3) (2001) |
| Oxley, Ian | Scapa Flow and the Protection and Management of Scotland's Historic Military Shipwrecks | Antiquity | 862-868 | Vol.76(293) (2002) |
| Passamaneck, S.M. | Shipwreck, Salvage, Expropriation and Rabbenu-Gershom | Journal of Jewish Studies | 57-74 | Vol.29(1) (1978) |
| Pearson, C. | Legislation for Protection of Shipwrecks in Western Australia | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | 171-173 | Vol.5(2) (1976) |
| Sinclair, J.J. | Titanic's No Treasure Chest: Salvage of Artifacts From the Famous Shipwreck | Archaeology | 6-7 | Vol.54(2) (2001) |
| Tibbetts, Pamela J. | The Long Voyage of the Lusitania | New York Law School Journal of International and Comparative Law | 285- | Vol.19 (1999) |
| Tomalin, D.J., P. Simpson, and J.M. Bingeman | Excavation Versus Sustainability In-Situ: A Conclusion on Twenty-five Years of Archaeological Investigations At Goose Rock, A Designated Historic Wreck Site at the Needles, Isle of Wight, England | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology | 3-42 | Vol.29(1) (2000) |
| Watters, David R. | The Law of the Sea Treaty and Underwater Cultural Resources | American Antiquity | 808-816 | Vol.48(4) (1983) |
| Wheeler, A.J. | Environmental Controls on Shipwreck Preservation: The Irish Context | Journal of Archaeological Science | 1149-1159 | Vol.29(10) (2002) |
| Zhao, H.G. | Recent Developments in the Legal Protection of Historic Shipwrecks in China | Ocean Development and International Law | 305-333 | Vol.23(4) (1992) |
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