HISTORIC ORIGINS OF ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION IN ENGLAND

Authors

Lionel H. Laing, University of Michigan

Abstract

The process of the common law courts when resorted to by foreigners appears to have failed entirely to give redress. Arbitration and other treaties were tried without satisfaction. Finally, in 1337, Edward III found himself obliged to pay out of his own pocket for spoils committed upon Flemish, Genoese and Venetian merchants by his own subjects. This was no international gesture, for it was dictated by necessity, since the English monarch, engaged in a struggle with France, wished to retain the aid of his allies. It thus became urgent to suppress piracy, which was the plague of the Channel.

Recommended Citation

Lionel H. Laing, HISTORIC ORIGINS OF ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION IN ENGLAND, 45 Mich. L. Rev. 163 (1946).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol45/iss2/3