| The Rhodian Sea-Law: Edited from the Manuscripts Contributor(s): Ashburner, Walter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1584771739 ISBN-13: 9781584771739 Publisher: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Maritime - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Maritime History & Piracy |
| Dewey: 343.096 |
| LCCN: 00065551 |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6" W x 9" (1.77 lbs) 434 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An important volume for the scholar of admiralty or maritime law or international trade. ccxciii, 132 pp. Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909. The Rhodian laws are a code of maritime laws adopted by the people of the island of Rhodes approximately between 600 and 800 A.D. The Rhodes were at that time the sovereign rulers of the sea. The text includes the lex Rhodia de iactu, which is the origin of the modern law of general average. Contains the original Greek text of the constitutions, a translation and commentary, and subject index. This edition is highlighted by a lengthy introduction that places the Sea-Laws in historical perspective. "An exhaustive work."--Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth I:504 Walter Ashburner (1834-1936) was a professor of jurisprudence at University of Oxford. He was the author of A Concise Treatise on Mortgages, Pledges, and Liens (1897) and Principles of Equity (1902). |