The legal politics of neutrality in the age of privateering
Subtitle: Martin Hübner's law of neutrality and prize
By: Nora Naguib Leerberg
Series: Oslo studies in legal history -- 11; Oslo studies in legal history -- nr. 11.
Publisher: Dreyersforlag
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Oslo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9788281520455
Subjects: Neutral trade with belligerents; War, Maritime (International law); Privateering; Law and legislation; Influence; History
Description: "This book is focused on the legal concept of neutrality in the Danish scholar Martin Hübner's major work De la saisie des batimens neutres, ou du droit qu'ont les nations belligéranted d'arréter les navires des peuples amisfrom 1759.  Although both Hübner and his work are little known today, he is considered one of the founding scholars and thinkers of the modern concept of neutrality that developed in the 18th century"--
Notes: "This book is the result of my participation in the project "The transformation of international law and Norwegian sovereignty in 1814" at CAS (Centre for Advanced Study) from September 2013 to May 2013."--Acknowledgments, apge nine.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A champion of neutrality in the age of privateering --; title: Hübner's fundamental principles --; title: Hübner's law of neutrality --; title: Belligerents' right to capture neutral ships --; title: Belligerents' right of visitation on the high seas --; title: The issue of cargo : free ship, free goods and the contraband exception --; title: Procedure and competence after the capture of a neutral ship --; title: Characteristics and legacy.