Craig H. Allen

  • Professor Emeritus of Law

Contact

Phone: (206) 616-8302
Email: challen@uw.edu

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Education

B.S. Portland State University J.D. University of Washington LL.M. International Maritime Law Institute Dipl., U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI

Areas of Expertise

Admiralty and Maritime Law 鈥 International Law 鈥 National Security Law

Recent Courses

Course Number Course Name
Constitutional Law I: Constitutional Structures of Government
Admiralty

Selected Publications

  • Craig H. Allen, International Law for Seagoing Officers (7th ed. U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2022). 564 pages.
  • Craig H. Allen Sr., Developing and Implementing a Maritime Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Model, 31 Univ. San Francisco Maritime Law Journal 77-105 (2019).

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Professor Allen joined the UW School of Law and School of Marine Affairs faculties in 1996, following his retirement from the U.S. Coast Guard. He was the Honor Graduate in his law school class and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Washington Law Review. At graduation he received the Vivian Carkeek Prize for legal writing and was inducted into the Order of the Coif and the National Order of Barristers. He was later admitted to practice in Oregon and Washington, the Court of International Trade, the Ninth and Federal Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court.聽 He is a fellow in the Nautical Institute and the Royal Institute of Navigation and a member of the Maritime Law Association.

Professor Allen's teaching and research interests include maritime and international law, national and homeland security law and Arctic law and policy. He is on the Board of Editors of the Journal of Navigation, the Board of Advisors of the Naval War College's International Law Studies and authored International Law for Seagoing Officers (7th ed. 2022), Maritime Counterproliferation Operations and the Rule of Law (2007), and Farwell's Rules of the Nautical Road (9th ed. 2020).

Professor Allen has been honored by the students three times with the Professor of the Year Award. In 2003 he was named a Washington Law Foundation Scholar, and in 2005 he was appointed the Judson Falknor Professor of Law. In 2006, the members of the Washington Law Review honored Professor Allen with their Distinguished Alumni Award.

During the 2011-2012 academic year, Professor Allen served as a Visiting Professor at Yale Law School and as the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Maritime Studies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. During the 2006-07 academic year he held the Charles H. Stockton Chair in International Law at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, RI.

Peer Reviewed Journals & Law Reviews

  • Craig H. Allen Sr., Developing and Implementing a Maritime Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Model, 31 Univ. San Francisco Maritime Law Journal 77-105 (2019).
  • Craig H. Allen, The Salish Sea Boundary Straits: 鈥淗istoric Internal Waters鈥 or Territorial Seas?, 48 Ocean Dev. & Int鈥檒 L. 81-127 (2017).
  • Craig H. Allen, Admiralty鈥檚 In Extremis Doctrine: What Can Be Learned from the Restatement (Third) of Torts Approach?, 43 J. Mar. L. & Com. 155-193 (2012).
  • Craig H. Allen, Future Ports Scenarios for 21st Century Port Strategic Planning, 79 J. Transp. L. Logist. & Pol鈥檡 89-137 (2012).
  • Craig H. Allen, Proving Corporate Criminal Liability for Negligence in Vessel Management and Operations: An Allision-Oil Spill Case Study, 10 Loy. Mar. L.J. 269-318 (2012).
  • Craig H. Allen, Getting the 鈥淪tory鈥 out: Teaching Admiralty at the University of Washington, 55 St. Louis U. L.J. 621-32 (2011).
  • Craig H. Allen, Taking Narrow Channel Collision Prevention Seriously to More Effectively Manage Marine Transportation System Risk, 41 J. Mar. L. & Com. 1-56 (2010).
  • Craig H. Allen, Hiding Behind "Tradition"? Should U.S. Vessel Traffic Centers Exercise Greater Direction and Control over Vessels in Their Areas?, 34 Tul. Mar. L. J. 91-152 (2009).
  • Craig H. Allen, Revisiting the Thames Formula: The Evolving Role of the International Maritime Organization and Its Member States in Implementing the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, 10 San Diego Int鈥檒 L. J. 265-333 (2009).
  • Craig H. Allen, The Influence of Law on Sea Power Doctrines: The New Maritime Strategy and the Future of the Global Legal Order, 84 Int鈥檒 L. Stud. 3-31 (2008).
  • Craig H. Allen, The Role of Competent International Organizations in Developing International Supply Chain Security Regime, 1 J. Mgmt. Sci., no. 2, 2007, at 25-58.
  • Craig H. Allen, A Primer on the Nonproliferation Regime for Maritime Security Operations Forces, 54 Naval L. Rev. 51-77 (2007).
  • Craig H. Allen, Moderator's Report: Legal Experts' Workshop on the Future Global Legal Order, Nav. War Coll. Rev., Autumn 2007, at 73-79.
  • Craig H. Allen, Command of the Commons Boasts: An Invitation to Lawfare?, 83 Int鈥檒 L. Stud. 21-50 (2007).
  • Craig H. Allen, A Primer on the Nonproliferation Regime for Maritime Security Operations Forces, 54 Naval L. Rev. 51-77 (2007).
  • Craig H. Allen, The Limits of Intelligence in Maritime Counterproliferation Operations, Nav. War Coll. Rev., Winter 2007, at 35-52.
  • Craig H. Allen, Introduction, The Osceola After 100 Years: Its Meaning and Effect on Maritime Personal Injury Law in the United States, 34 Rutgers L.J. 605-35 (2003).
  • Craig H. Allen, Protecting the Oceanic Gardens of Eden: International Law Issues in Deep-Sea Vent Resource Conservation and Management, 13 Geo. Int'l Envtl. L. Rev. 563-660 (2000-01).
  • Craig H. Allen, Limitation of Liability, 31 J. Mar. L. & Com. 263-80 (2000).
  • Craig H. Allen, Federalism in the Era of International Standards: Federal and State Government Regulation of Merchant Vessels in the United States (pt. 4), 31 J. Mar. L. & Com. 15-64 (2000)
  • Craig H. Allen, Federalism in the Era of International Standards: Federal and State Government Regulation of Merchant Vessels in the United States (pt. 3), 30 J. Mar. L. & Com. 85-142 (1999).
  • Craig H. Allen, Federalism in the Era of International Standards: Federal and State Government Regulation of Merchant Vessels in the United States (pt. 2), 29 J. Mar. L. & Com. 565-613 (1998).
  • Craig H. Allen, Federalism in the Era of International Standards: Federal and State Government Regulation of Merchant Vessels in the United States (pt. 1), 29 J. Mar. L. & Com. 335-90 (1998).
  • Craig H. Allen, The Administrative Claim Prerequisite to Suit Against the United States under the Admiralty Jurisdiction Extension Act, 24 J. Mar. L. & Com. 719-41 (1993).
  • Craig H. Allen, Attorney Ethics and Agency Practice: Representing Clients in Coast Guard Marine Casualty Investigations, 22 J. Mar. L. & Com. 225-62 (1991), reprinted in An Admiralty Law Anthology 154-59 (Robert M. Jarvis ed., Anderson Publishing Co. 1995).
  • Craig H. Allen, The ISM Code and Shipowner Records: Shared Safety Goals vs. Industry's Privacy Needs, 11 U.S.F. Mar. L. J. 1-46 (1991).
  • Craig H. Allen, Doctrine of Hot Pursuit: A Functional Interpretation Adaptable to Emerging Maritime Law Enforcement Technologies and Practices, 20 Ocean Dev. & Int'l L. 309-41 (1989).

Books or Treatises

  • Craig H. Allen, International Law for Seagoing Officers (7th ed. U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2022). 564 pages.
  • Craig H. Allen, Farwell's Rules of the Nautical Road (8th ed. U.S. Naval Institute Press 2005). 608 pages.

Book Chapters

  • Craig H. Allen, A Legacy of Stewardship for the Public Order of the Oceans: A Memorial Tribute to William T. Burke, in Ocean Law Debates: The 50-Year Legacy and Emerging Issues for the Years Ahead 158-68 (Harry N. Scheiber, Nilufer Oral & Moon-Sang Kwon eds., Brill Nijhoff 2018).
  • Craig H. Allen, Cargoes of Doom: National Strategies of the U.S. to Combat the Illicit Transport of Weapons of Mass by Sea, in The Oceans in the Nuclear Age: Legacies and Risks 295-335 (David D. Caron & Harry N. Scheiber eds., Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2010).
  • Craig H. Allen, The International Supply Chain Security Regime and the Role of Competent International Organizations, in Legal Challenges in Maritime Security 165-254 (Myron Nordquist et al. eds., Univ. of Virginia Center for Oceans Law and Policy 2008).
  • Craig H. Allen, Armed Groups and the Law, in Armed Groups: Studies in National Security, Counterterrorism, and Counterinsurgency 27-52 (Jeffrey Norwitz ed., U.S. Naval War College 2008).
  • Craig H. Allen, Legal Interoperability Issues in International Cooperation Measures to Secure the Maritime Commons, in Economics and Maritime Strategy: Implications for the 21st Century 113-25 (Richmond M. Lloyd ed., Naval War College 2006).
  • Craig H. Allen, PATRIOT Act, in 2 Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties 1148-50 (Paul Finkelman ed., Routledge 2006).
  • Craig H. Allen, Limits on the Use of Force in Maritime Operations in Support of WMD Counter-Proliferation Initiatives, in International Law Challenges: Homeland Security and Combating Terrorism 77-139 (Thomas McK. Sparks & Glenn M. Sulmasy eds., Naval War College 2006) (International Law Studies Vol. 81), reprinted in 2005 Israel Y.B. Hum. Rts. 1-66.

Book Reviews

  • Craig H. Allen, Book Review, 31 Ocean Y.B. 561-63 (2017) (reviewing Donald R. Rothwell & Tim Stephens, The International Law of the Sea (2d ed. 2016)).
  • Craig H. Allen, Book Review, Naval War Coll. Rev., Summer 2007, at 141-42 (reviewing Michael J. Matheson, Council Unbound: The Growth of UN Decision Making on Conflict and Postconflict Issues after the Cold War (2006)).
  • Craig H. Allen, Book Review, 9 J. Int'l Maritime L. 403 (2003) (reviewing David Thomas, The Fatal Flaw: Collision at Sea and the Failure of the Rules (2002)).
  • Craig H. Allen, Book Review, 72 Pac. Hist. Rev. 701-02 (2002) (reviewing Harry N. Scheiber, Inter-Allied Conflicts and Ocean Law 1945-53: The Occupation Command's Revival of Japanese Whaling and Marine Fisheries (2001)).

Professional Publications

  • Craig H. Allen Sr., President Trump Signs the "Save Our Seas Act of 2018," Pac. Mar. Mag., Dec. 2018, at 40-41.
  • Craig H. Allen, Polar Code Rings in the New Year for Arctic Shipping, Pac. Mar., Dec. 1, 2016, at 30-33.
  • Craig H. Allen Sr., US Establishes Fund for Abandoned Seafarers, Seaways: J. Nautical Inst., Feb. 2015, at 14.
  • Craig H. Allen, Be Skeptical of Rigid 鈥業n Extremis鈥 Dogma Beyond COLREGS, Prof. Mariner, Oct.-Nov. 2012, at 42-46.
  • Craig H. Allen, U.S. Supreme Court Rejects PMSA鈥檚 Challenge to California鈥檚 Vessel Fuel Rule, Pac. Mar. Mag., Aug. 2012, at 26-28.
  • Craig H. Allen, The Seabots Are Coming Here: Should They Be Treated as 鈥榁essels鈥?, 65 J. Navigation 749-52 (2012).
  • Craig H. Allen, New Developments in Supply Chain Security Strategy, Pac. Mar. Mag., March 2012, at 20-23.
  • Craig H. Allen, Tragedy Provides 鈥淪obering Warning鈥 for Arctic Cruise Travel, Bull. (U.S. Coast Guard Academy), Feb. 2012, at 52-54.
  • Craig H. Allen, Sr., How Narrow Is "Narrow"? NAVSAC Recommends the Coast Guard Develop Navigation Criteria, Proc. Marine Safety & Sec. Council, Spring 2010, at 16-18.
  • Craig H. Allen, U.S. to Clarify Its Rules of the Road: U.S. to Designate Rule 9 "Narrow Channels,鈥 Seaways: Int'l J. Nautical Inst., Nov. 2010, at 24-25.
  • Craig H. Allen, Inland Rules of the Road Migrate to a New Code, Prof. Mariner, Oct./Nov. 2010, at 53-54.
  • Craig H. Allen, Federal Court Strikes Down Massachusetts Tanker Laws, Pac. Mar. Mag., May 2010, at 20.
  • Craig H. Allen, Whatever Became of the Change to COLREGS Rule 8?, Prof. Mariner, Aug. 2007, at 14-15.
  • Craig H. Allen, Safer Ships and Cleaner Seas: Protecting the Marine Environment under the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, 8 Int'l Ship Registry Rev. 7-8 (1995).
  • Craig H. Allen, Supreme Court Sends Shippers' Cargo Claims Overseas, 73 Marine Digest & Transp. News 16-17 (1995).
  • Craig Allen, US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules That Punitive Damages Are Not Available in Claim for Failure to Pay Seaman's Maintenance and Cure, 138 Gard News 6 (1995).
  • Craig H. Allen, The U.N. Law of the Sea Convention in Force, But in the U.S. the Debate Is Only Beginning, Wash. St. B. News, July 1995, at 27-31.
  • Craig H. Allen, U.S. Coast Guard Implements Notice of Violation Program, Swedish Club News 3 (1995).
  • Craig Allen, The Pacific Northwest Boundary Straits: High Seas or Internal Waters?, Pac. Mar. Mag., Feb. 1995, at 20-25.
  • Craig H. Allen, Coast Guard Skipper Recounts Drama of Near-Broach on Northwest Bar, Prof. Mariner, Feb./March 1995, at 68-73.
  • Craig H. Allen, Letter to the Editor, The Captain's Duty on a Sinking Ship, 4 Prof. Mariner 21 (1994).
  • Craig H. Allen, Search & Rescue in Foreign Territorial Seas, 3/93 On Scene 27 (1994).
  • Craig H. Allen, Fixing Responsibility for Pilot Navigation, 7 Prof. Mariner 15 (1994).
  • Craig H. Allen, Code of Conduct for MLE Personnel -- A Proposal, U.S. Coast Guard Acad. Bull., Oct. 1992, at 17-18.
  • Craig Allen, Constitutional Torts Go To Sea: Tort Liability of Maritime Law Enforcement Officers, U.S. Coast Guard Acad. Bull., Feb./March 1989, at 17-20.

Other Publications

  • Craig H. Allen, Opinion, Team Obama Should Take the Reagan Approach to Rising Tensions in Western Pacific, Fox News (Dec. 27, 2013).
  • Craig Allen, The Time Is Now to Act to Protect US Interests in the Artic, Fox News (Apr. 19, 2012).
  • Craig Allen, The Costa Concordia Disaster and Lessons from Two 鈥淲illiams,鈥 Fox News (Jan. 19, 2012).
  • Speaker, "The Top 5 COLREG Challenges Facing Autonomous Vessel Operators," e-Navigation North America, (November 12, 2019)
  • Speaker, "Enforcing United Nations Sanctions," 32nd Annual U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Military Operations and the Law Conference, (June 24, 2019)
  • Speaker, "U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Policy: Ready, Relevant, Responsive for the Changing Arctic," Sixth Annual Arctic Encounter Symposium, (April 25, 2019)
  • Speaker, "The Legal Status of Unmanned Autonomous Maritime Vehicles," U.S. Pacific Command, International Law and Military Operations (April 24, 2018)
  • Moderator and speaker, "Arctic Infrastructure Development and Maritime Support," The Promise of the Arctic Conference, (November 2, 2016)
  • Speaker, "The Arctic Council: Two Decades of Cooperation Founded on Common Interests," 29th Annual Military Operations and the Law Conference, U.S. Pacific Command (May 18, 2016)
  • Speaker, "The Mediterranean Migrant Crisis and the International Law Duty of Maritime Rescue," 42d International Conference of the Comité Maritime International, Comité Maritime International (May 5, 2016)
  • Moderator and speaker, "The Evolution of Navigation Tools," Pacific Maritime eNavigation Conference, (December 2, 2015)
  • Speaker, "A Legacy of Stewards for the Public Order of the Oceans: A Tribute to William T. Burke (1926-2014)," Law of the Sea Institute 50th Anniversary Conference, University of California - Berkeley School of Law and the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (October 9, 2015)
  • Speaker, "International Law and the Duty of Rescue," Special Session on the Mediterranean Migrant Crisis, International Maritime Organization (September 21, 2015)
  • Speaker and moderator, "Marine Transportation and the Polar Code," 6th Symposium on Impact of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations, (July 14, 2015)
  • Panel Chair, "Current Legislative and Regulatory Climate for Arctic Operations," Promise of the Arctic Conference, (June 16, 2015)
  • Speaker, "The Preservation of Living Marine Resources and the Environment," 28th Annual International Military and Operational Law Conference, U.S. Pacific Command (May 18, 2015)
  • Moderator, "Semper Paratus: Military Presence in the High North," Arctic Encounter Symposium, (January 31, 2015)
  • Moderator, "Leadership and the Arctic: Why It Matters," 2012 Global Energy and Environmental Issues Conference, Energy Council (December 6, 2012)