The emergence of privateering / by John D. Ford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ford, J. D. (John Davidson), author.

Series:

Legal history library ; v. 62.

Legal history library. Studies in the history of international lawStudies in the history of international law ; v. 24

Legal history library ; volume 62

Studies in the history of international law ; volume 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privateering--Law and legislation.

Privateering.

Privateering--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

x, 416 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill/Nijhoff, [2023]

Summary:

"Privateering was legal whereas piracy was illegal. That much everyone knows. But what exactly was privateering? Answering this question turns out to depend not so much on the relationship between privateering and piracy as on the relationship between privateering and other forms of maritime raiding that had been considered legal long before the word 'privateering', or the practice it denoted, came into existence. This book clarifies all these relationships and explains how privateering emerged as a new legal category in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The subject is approached from a British perspective, in the light of developments elsewhere, including the movement towards a new understanding of the law regulating relations between nations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Seizure of ships and goods at sea at sea before privateering

From licit plunder towards licensesd privateering

Privateering in theory and practice avant la lettre.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004541405

9004541403

OCLC:

1371748112