Handbook of Admiralty Law, Second Edition (1920)

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Robert Morton Hughes (1855-1940), the Norfolk admiralty lawyer who argued before the Supreme Court and helped found what became Old Dominion University, wrote THE standard American hornbook on admiralty : jurisdiction, maritime liens, collision and the sailing rules (with the compass-rose diagrams), salvage, limitation of liability. Second edition, revised for the post-war statutes. Facsimile of the West Publishing edition (St. Paul, 1920).This is a faithful print-on-demand facsimile of the 1920 St. Paul (West Publishing Co.) edition, reproduced in full from a library copy. The historical text is reproduced without modification; only the format, margins and legibility have been reset for modern printing.