Author: Robert R. Douglas

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Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9781331134909

Excerpt from Alphabetical Reference Index to Recent and Important Maritime Law Decisions In the following pages will be found the result, in a condensed form, of most of the recent, and several of the more important and less recent, Maritime Law Decisions, with complete Alphabetical References to the various points decided thereby. In each case the date of trial is given, together with the weight of legal authority in favor of and against the decision arrived at, and the decision itself very briefly, but, where possible, in the words used in the judgment. Although I have taken every care to avoid errors, I fear I shall not have succeeded entirely, and I have to crave the leniency of my readers. I think a work of this kind, gathering within itself information extracted from a variety of sources, will be found useful to mercantile men. Our law is based almost exclusively upon precedent, and the merit I claim for this publication is that, to some extent at all events, it enables parties, in case of a dispute, to appraise their relative legal positions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.