Book Description

[Twiss, Sir Travers]. The Black Book of the Admiralty, with an Appendix. Monumenta Juridica. Edited by Sir Travers Twiss. London: Longman & Co., 1871. Four volumes. 4, xciii, 491, [2]; 4, lxxxvii, 500, 31; 4, lxxxvi, 673, [1], 31; 4, clii, 559, 32 pp. Reprinted 1998 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 97-38809 ISBN 1-886363-39-0. 1871. Cloth. $495. * The earliest records of the court of Admiralty portray not only the origin of maritime law as we know it today, but are also important records of the origin of international law due to the court of Admiralty's jurisdiction over commercial contracts and foreign trade. Contains documents from many sources collected by an official of the Admiralty during the reign of Henry VI. Includes regulations regarding the criminal jurisdiction of the Admiralty, the rights of the crown, the Admiralty droits; rights, wages, prizes, merchant contracts, collisions, inquests; a tract on the ordo judiciorum illustrating the court's model from civil rather than common law procedure; and the inquisition taken at Queensborough in 1375. This edition contains the laws of Oleron with eleven additional rules; and an Appendix of documents including the statutes of Richard II and Henry IV's reign concerning Admiralty jurisdiction.