02951nam a2200325Ia 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030010001500071020002800086020003100114035003800145040001000183049000900193050002400202082001900226100003600245245012400281260005000405300002200455504006400477505150700541650005302048650002702101650004802128776014302176856008602319999001902405952020102424304142OCoLC20160527184834.0060324s2007    ncu      b    001 0 eng    a2006010306  a1594601739 (alk. paper)  a9781594601736 (alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)65341104z(OCoLC)264754556  aPUCPR  acicg00aKF 1112b.S645 200700a343.7309/62221 aSnell, Steven L.92783252Local10aCourts of admiralty and the common lawborigins of the American experiment in concurrent jurisdictioncSteven L. Snell.  aDurham, N.C.bCarolina Academic Presscc2007.  ax, 481 p.c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 435-456) and index.0 aMaritime 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. 0aAdmiraltyzUnited StatesxHistory.9493612Local 0aCommon Law969472LEMB 0aJurisdictionzUnited States.91186612Local08iOnline versionaSnell, Steven L.tCourts of admiralty and the common law.dDurham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2007w(OCoLC)681063534413Table of contents onlyuhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006010306.html  c222761d222761  00102lc406KF_1112_000000000000000__S645_2007708cil967918a7b7c4d2016-05-27eCarolina Academic Pressg60.00i484539l0oKF 1112 .S645 2007p70000000890405r2016-05-27 00:00:00xr:304142y6