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A Treatise on the Rights and Duties of Merchant Seamen: According to the General Maritime Law, and the Statutes of the United States

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George Ticknor Curtis

C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1841 - Maritime law - 456 pages

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Table of Contents

Index

Contents

Of the Distinctive Professional and National Character of Mer	3

Of the General Nature of the Mariners Contract and	11

Of the Written or other Evidence of the Mariners Contract	37

Of the Different Forms of the Mariners Contract	61

The Sophia	75

Of the Masters Authority and Office in Relation to the Crew	79

Of the Authority and Office of the Mate	94

Of the Subsistence and Sickness of the Mariners	101

Of the Masters Relation to the Cargo	206

Of the Masters Relation to the Freight	240

Of the Masters Wages Disbursements and Advances	251

Of the time within which Payment of Wages may be	263

Of Wages as Affected by various Interruptions of the Voyage	271

Of the Principles of Forfeiture Applicable to Wages	303

Of the Remedy of Mariners for their Wages	313

Aurora	330

Of Offences against the Discipline and Economy of the Ship	118

Of the Discharge of Seamen	148

Of the Masters Relation to the Vessel and its Owners	161

Bell v Read	171

Marsh	191

Of the Civil Remedies of Mariners for Personal Torts	337

APPENDIX	349

Extracts from the Records of the Vice Admiralty Court for	371

Buckle	452

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Bibliographic information

Title	A Treatise on the Rights and Duties of Merchant Seamen: According to the General Maritime Law, and the Statutes of the United States Issues 63059-63064 of 19th-century legal treatises
Author	George Ticknor Curtis
Publisher	C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1841
Original from	The British Library
Digitized	30 Jul 2015
Length	456 pages

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