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We continue our parallel explorations of laws of this Earth and extrapolation to emerging laws of space. Today we consider labor laws. Specifically, those of the crew and the port workers. Todd Lochner returns to discuss the Jones Act, and the laws regarding seamen. Mark Miller, the editor of the Longshoreman's Act section of the Maryland Workman's Compensation manual also joins us to discuss the Longshoremen's Act. Who's covered? Who's not? What about the cocktail wait staff on board the docked casino riverboat? These questions and more are answered.