21. Judge Barbier is trying the case without a jury, as is normal in United States admiralty law . 22. Blatchford was an expert in admiralty law and Fourteenth Amendment of the U . S . Constitution. 23. The Virginia court decision hinged on an obscure point of admiralty law and the principle of " abandonment ." 24. "' Strait passage "'is a concept in Admiralty law which allows for a vessel to pass through a strait. 25. The genesis of Canada s Naval Reserve first emerged in drill, seamanship, admiralty law , arms drill and naval organization. 26. It is true that, " ( w ) ith admiralty jurisdiction comes the application of substantive admiralty law ." 27. They believe that the United Kingdom and Canada are now operating in bankruptcy and are therefore under admiralty law . 28. At the time, salvage was based on British Admiralty law , which considered the work of salvagers in the public interest. 29. Seventeenth-century English admiralty law allowed captains great leeway in using violence against their crew, but outright murder was not permitted. 30. As is done under admiralty law , the defendant is actually the wreck itself, identified only by its longitude and latitude.
