Admiralty and maritime laws in the Mediterranean Sea (ca. 800-1050) the Kitāb Akriyat al-Sufun vis-a-vis the Nomos Rhodion Nautikos
This is a comparative study dealing with the maritime practices which prevailed in the Byzantine and Islamic worlds around the Mediterranean from 7-10 centuries C.E. and consists of seven chapters. The first chapter describes the physical and legal significance of the ship, computation of capacity,...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill
2006.
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| Colección: | The medieval Mediterranean ;
v. 64. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31599692*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Glossary of Non-English Terms
- Introduction: Mediterranean Admiralty and Maritime Laws in Historical Perspective ; Legislative Sources of Byzantine Sea-Laws ; The Mediterranean between the Domination of Byzantium and of Islam ; Islamic Admiralty and Maritime Laws and Practices ; Purposes and Methodology of the Study
- Chapter One, Physical and Legal Significance of Vessel: Definition of a "Ship" ; Capacity and Overloading Regulations ; Names ; Summary
- Chapter Two, The Vessel's Human Complement: Ownership ; Joint Ownership ; Seamen, Their Employment, Welfare, and Status. 1. Definition of a "seaman" ; 2. Service Contract ; 3. Forms of Employment ; 4. Wages ; 5. Accommodation and Welfare ; 6. Misbehavior ; 7. Duty in Times of Peril ; 8. Termination of Service
- Passengers: Entitlements and Obligations. 1. Definition of a "Passenger" ; 2. Diet and Accommodation ; 3. Boarding ; 4. The Carrier's Liability for Passengers' Belongings ; 5. Discipline ; 6. Religious Rituals ; 7. Funeral Practices at Sea ; 8. Contribution to Salvage ; Summary
- Chapter Three: Carriage of Goods : General ; The Contract, Written or Oral? ; Types and Formation of Contracts of Affreightment (1. Contract of Carriage in a Particular Ship ; 2. Contract of Carriage with a Common Carrier) ; Bills of Lading ; Carrier's Liability for Partial Damage and Total Loss ; Payment of Freight Charges ; Factors Affecting Freightage (I. Loading Berth ; II. En Route ; III. Destination) ; Cancellation of Contract ; Summary
- Chapter Four: Jettison, General Average, and Contribution : General ; Rules of Jettison ; Commercial Commodities and Personal Effects ; Assessment of General Average ; Freight Charges ; Valuation of the Ship for Contribution ; Human Jettison and Contribution for Lives ; Choice of Forum and Evidentiary Issues (1. Oral Deposition ; 2. Written Evidence ; 3. Physical Examination of the Ship) ; Summary
- Chapter Five: Collision : General ; Navigational Misconduct ; Inevitable Collision ; Intentional Collision ; Summary
- Chapter Six: Salvage, Salvors and Shippers : General ; Life Salvage ; Property Subject to Salvage ; Salvors and the Salvage Awards ; Formalities and Legal Procedures ; International Treaties ; Salvaged Property and Freight Charges ; Summary
- Chapter Seven: Commercial Law : General : The Sea Loan : Byzantine Chreokoinonia and Islamic Qirad/Mudaraba (Commenda) ; Summary
- Conclusions
- Appendices. Appendix One: Nomos Rhodion Nautikos, Part II, Part III
- Appendix Two: [41 v. ] Kitab Akriyat al-Sufun wal-Niza' bayna Ahliha (Treatise Concerning the Leasing of Ships and the Claims between (Contracting) Parties) : Hiring Seamen for Ships ; Hire of Ships ; Obstacles to Execution of the Concluded Contract of Affreightment ; Destruction of the Ship and/or Cargo ; Goods Jettisoned Overboard into the Sea ; Liability or otherwise of Ship Owners for what They Carry ; Loading the Ship with Foodstuffs and/or other Goods ; A Ship Owned by Two Partners ; Profit-Sharing between a Ship Owner and a Person who Operates his Ship ; [Attachment: Six Jurisprudential Questions (Masa'il)]
- A Short Biography of Early Muslim jurists cited in the Kitab Akriyat al-Sufun
- Index of Cited Statutes from Roman and Byzantine Legal Codices
- General index.
