Manuscripta juridica

NAVIGATIO Treatise "Sea laws" .

[{i}Title page:{/i}] William Welwood, The sea-law of Scotland: shortly gathered and plainly dressit for the reddy use of all seafairingmen. Edinburgh: Imprinted by Robert Waldegrave, 1590 [{i}available in electronic storage under http://eebo.chadwyck.com. The images show no page numbers. It may either be that the edition was not paginated, or it could also be that the photographs were taken from a copy whose margins had been trimmed, so that the pagination was cut off. There also exists a reprint copy on paper, published at Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum and New York: Da Capo P. 1969{/i}].

Differences to the second and third edition:

In the first edition, Welwood only referred to Scottish statutes, to the Corpus iuris civilis with the Glossa ordinaria, to Bartolus de Saxoferrato, and to the sea law rules of the Rôles d'Oléron. No reference to the Corpus iuris canonici, nor to judicial precedent, or to authors besides Bartolus, or to other sources of sea law.

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The Prohem, bearand the origin of the Sea-law ... 1 The summe and ordour of this treatie. As the affaires of the sea concernes ... 2 Of fraughting of schips ... 3 Of the Maister of the schip, his power and duetie anent the schip ... 4 Of the duetie of the Master to the marchant and passinger ... 5 Of the Masters duetie to the Mariners ... 6 Of Mariners, thair duetie and priviledges ... 7 Of a pilote or Steirseman ... 8 Of the Outredder of ane schip, and actioun baith for him and against him ... 9 Of contributioun for gudis cassin ... 10 Of contributioun for pirats ... 11 Of contributioun for spilt gear ... 12 Of contributioun for the lichtning of ane schip pilot fie and uther chances ... 13 The common manner of contributioun and doing thairfoir ... 14 Of schipwracke ... 15 Of the iudge ordinair to seafair causes

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Author(s):

• William Welwood

No. of pages: (item 1)