The Law Library - Softcover

J.S. Little

Softcover

ISBN 10: 046162978X ISBN 13: 9780461629781

Publisher: HardPress

Synopsis

The Law Library. The Law Library is a comprehensive nineteenth-century analysis of prize law and maritime warfare, examining how captured property is owned, awarded, and distributed under British practice and international law. It surveys the Crown’s prerogatives and the role of prize courts, from the High Court of Admiralty to Vice-Admiralty proceedings, and explains distinctions among salvage, prize, privateers, and constructive captors. The work details the prize-court process, evidence rules, monitions, security, and appeals to the Lords Commissioners of Appeal, as well as the allocation of proceeds through an eight-part division that governs captors, crews, and costs. It also analyzes blockades, contraband, licenses, and the complex interplay of treaties and acts in the law of nations, including the use of appendix forms and standing interrogatories as documentary tools. Throughout, the text situates prize law within 17th–19th century practice and treaty-based international jurisprudence, illustrating how sovereign rights balance neutral interests and belligerent prerogatives.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 046162978X
• ISBN 13: 9780461629781
• Binding: Paperback