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A standard work during the first half of the nineteenth century, Azuni's systematic treatise was a great influence on the interpretation of laws relating to marine commerce and the capture of goods and vessels at sea.
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).
This book is an important contribution to the current lively debate about the relationship between law and society in the Roman world. This debate, which was initiated by the work of John Crook in the 1960's, has had a profound impact upon the study of law and history and has created sharply divided opinions on the extent to which law may be said to be a product of the society that created it. This work is a modest attempt to provide a balanced assessment of the various points of view. The chapters within this book have been specifically arranged to represent the debate. It contains an introductory chapter by Alan Watson, whose views on the relationship between law and society have caused some controversy. In the remaining chapters a distinguished international group of scholars address this debate by focusing on studies of law and empire, codes and codification, death and economics, commerce and procedure. This book does not purport to provide a complete survey of Roman private law in light of Roma
This pioneering research brings into focus the Islamic contribution and influence in the development of the modern law of the sea.
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An accessible and innovative introductory study of Byzantine law in its wider societal context under the Macedonian dynasty.