Martin Davies is Admiralty Law Institute Professor of Maritime Law and Director of Tulane Maritime Law Center. Prof. Davies is an international authority on admiralty law who had taught in many jurisdictions before joining the Tulane U. Law School faculty in 2000. He has worked as a consultant for maritime law firms for 30 years and is presently engaged by an international law firm with a maritime law practice in various countries. He serves on Editorial Board of Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly and the Melbourne Journal of International Law. He is a productive author of books on maritime law, international trade law, international sale of goods and torts.
Jiang Lin is Associate Professor of Maritime Law in Shanghai Maritime University (SMU) and Depute Director of Shipping Policy and Law Research Center of Shanghai International Shipping Institute. Jiang started his career as a practicing English solicitor and Chinese lawyer, andhe went back to his mother college SMU to be a law lecturer in 2006 while maintaining his lawyering life. He has been researching on the developments of maritime law, adjudication and dispute resolution in Shanghai, China and on that basis, authoring the annual white book since 2011. He has also written books and articles in the areas of ship finance and cruise economy. Jiang is Adjunct Professor of Tulane U. Law School, and a member of Jiusan Society, one democratic party in China.