A treatise on the law relative to merchant ships and seamen
Subtitle: in four parts; I. Of the owners of merchant ships; II. Of the persons employed in the navigation thereof; III. Of the carriage of goods therein; IV. Of the wages of merchant seamen
By: Charles Abbott ; with the copious annotations of Joseph Story.
Contributors: Story, Joseph, 1779-1845.
Publisher: Lawbook Exchange
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Clark, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781584778233
Subjects: Maritime law; Maritime law -- Great Britain; Maritime law -- United States
Notes: Originally published: Exeter, N.H. : G. Lamson, 1822.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Of the owners of ships, in general; title: Of property in British ships; title: Of part-owners; title: Of the qualificatons of the master and mariner; title: Of the authority of the master, with regard to the employment of the ship; title: Of the authority of the master, with regard to repairs and other necessaries furnished to the ship; title: Of the behaviour of the master and mariners; title: Of pilots; title: Of the contract of affreightment by charter-party; title: Of the contract for conveyance of merchandize in a general ship; title: Of the general duties of the master and owners; title: Of the cuases, which excuse the master and woner; title: Of the limtitation of the responsibility of the owners; title: Of the general duties of the merchant; title: Of the payment of freight; title: Of general in gross average; title: Of stoppage in transitu; title: Of salvage; title: Of the dissoultion of contracts for the carriage of goods in merchant ships; title: Of the hiring of seamen; title: Of the earning and payment of wages; title: Of the loss and forfeiture of wages; title: Of proceedings to obtain the payment of wages.