origins of the American experiment in concurrent jurisdiction Snell, Steven L. creator text bibliography ncu Durham, N.C Carolina Academic Press c2007 2007 monographic eng

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x, 481 p. 24 cm. Maritime commerce and the eighteenth-century American economy -- The impact of independence on American maritime trade -- Maritime commerce and American foreign policy -- The continuity of substantive maritime law -- The struggle for jurisdiction -- Concurrent jurisdiction -- The early history of maritime litigation in the American colonies -- Vice admiralty courts and the Navigation Acts -- The provincial vice admiralty courts -- Factors influencing choice of forum -- Vice admiralty jurisdiction on the eve of the Revolution: a final appraisal -- The maritime jurisdiction of the states -- The Constitutional Convention -- General debate over Article III in the states' ratifying conventions -- Admiralty and the concept of concurrent jurisdiction in the state's ratifying conventions -- Admiralty jurisdiction and the structure of the federal courts -- Concurrent admiralty and maritime jurisdiction -- The Judiciary Act and the Constitution -- Admiralty jurisdiction and substantive law -- The law of nations in late eighteenth-century America -- Lex maritima as part of the law of nations -- Substantive maritime law and concurrent maritime jurisdiction: recapitulation -- Blue water: international and coastal maritime commerce in the antebellum republic -- Continental influence on the early federal courts -- Uniformity and the general maritime law -- Joseph Story and the maritime law -- Brown water: inland navigation in the antebellum republic -- Federal jurisdiction over inland waters. Steven L. Snell. Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-456) and index. Admiralty United States History Common Law Jurisdiction United States KF 1112 .S645 2007 343.7309/6 Snell, Steven L. Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2007 (OCoLC)681063534 1594601739 (alk. paper) 9781594601736 (alk. paper) 2006010306 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006010306.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006010306.html PUCPR 060324 20160527184834.0 304142