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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,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2006.
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| Colección: | Medieval Mediterranean ;
v. 64. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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, and the importance of naming commercial vessels. Chapter Two examines issues of ownership and possession of a vessel, the employment conditions of the crew, and the passengers' status on board ship. Carriage of cargo by sea and forms of contracts, liability of the lessor, shipping fees, and breach of contract are covered in Chapter Three. Jettison, average, and contribution are treated in Chapter Four. Chapter Five treats the laws of collision and the rules governing the salvage of jetsam, are surveyed in Chapter Six. The final chapter explains the legal differences between Byzantine and Islamic mercantile law and outlines the principles of the sea loan, chreokoinonia, and qirad. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxiii, 375 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-335) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047410294 9047410297 1281399736 9781281399731 6611399739 9786611399733 |
| ISSN: | 0928-5520 ; |