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The Confederate Law of Prize

British Journal of American Legal Studies
Volume 12 (2023): Issue 2 (September 2023)
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Open Access
|Sep 2023
Abstract

Abstract

This essay describes the prize law of the Confederate States of America. Due to the Union's blockade of the South's coastline, Confederate judges heard very few prize cases. But when they did, they closely hewed to the prize law of the United States.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjals-2023-0026 | Journal eISSN: 2719-5864 | Journal ISSN: 2049-4092
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Language: English
Page range: 337 - 344
Published on: Sep 7, 2023
Published by: Birmingham City University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Confederate States of America,
Key West,
Letters of Marque,
Privateering,
Prize Law,
Ransom Bonds,
Reprisals,
U.S. Civil War,
Union Blockade,
William Marvin
Related subjects:
Law,
History, philosophy and sociology of law,
International law, foreign law, comparative law,
International law, foreign law, comparative law, other,
Public law,
Public law, other

© 2023 John Paul Jones, published by Birmingham City University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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