Law of the Whale Hunt - Dispute Resolution, Property Law, and American Whalers, 1780-1880

Informationen zum Autor Robert Deal is an Assistant Professor of History at Marshall University, West Virginia. Zusammenfassung The Law of the Whale Hunt provides an innovative examination of how property law was created in the absence of formal legal institutions regulating American whaling. Robert Deal tells an exciting story of how American whalers resolved complex disputes over whales instead of resorting to the courts. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The biology, economics, and geography of Anglo-American whaling; 3. Fast-fish, loose-fish; 4. Iron holds the whale; 5. Laws of honor; 6. Halves; 7. The environment of litigation; 8. An untragic commons; 9. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Deal, Robert (Marshall University Deal, Deal Robert
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781107535169
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53516-9
• No. of pages: 191
• Series: Cambridge Historical Studies i; Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; USA, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, LAW / Property, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, maritime history, Legal History, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Property law: general, property law