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Hammurabi's
Code of Laws (circa 1780 B.C.)
Sumerian
Laws Handbook (circa 1700 B.C.)
The
Laws of Manu (Manusmriti) (1500 B.C. to 200 A.D.)
Justinian's
Digest - Book XIV (Title I-II) (529 - 565 A.D.)
Maritime
Ordinances of Trani (1063 A.D.)
Port
of Arles: The Navigation Code (1150)
The
Barcelona Navigation Act of 1227
The
Barcelona Maritime Code of 1258
The
Rules of Oleron (circa 1266)
The
Consulate of the Sea (1494) (A link to the translation by Stanley
S. Jados.)
The
Laws of the Hanse Towns (circa 1597)
Commentaries
on the Laws of England, 1:247--48, 3:68--7 (1765-1768)
William Blackstone
Federalist
No. 11: The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations
and a Navy
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist
No. 80: The Powers of the Judiciary
Alexander Hamilton
The
Judiciary Act of 1789 (See Section
9 on Admiralty and Maritime jurisdiction.)
1 Stat. 73.
Commentaries
on the Constitution, 3:§§ 1659--67 (1833)
Joseph Story |
