Admiralty and Maritime Laws in the Mediterranean Sea (ca. 800-1050) : : The Kitāb Akriyat al-Sufun vis-à-vis the Nomos Rhodion Nautikos / / Hassan Khalilieh.

• Superior document: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 64
• VerfasserIn: Khalilieh, Hassan,
• TeilnehmendeR: Khalilieh, Hassan Salih, 1965-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2006.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 64.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (399 p.)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

This is a comparative study dealing with the maritime practices which prevailed in the Byzantine and Islamic worlds around the Mediterranean from 7-10 centuries C.E. and consists of seven chapters. The first chapter describes the physical and legal significance of the ship, computation of capacity,...

Table of Contents

• Preface xi
• Glossary of non-English Terms xv
• Introduction
• Mediterranean Admiralty and Maritime Laws in Historical Perspective 1
• Legislative Sources of Byzantine Sea-Laws 8
• The Mediterranean between the Domination of Byzantium and of Islam 13
• Islamic Admiralty and Maritime Laws and Practices 18
• Purposes and Methodology of the Study 23
• Chapter One: Physical and Legal Significance of Vessel Definition of a "Ship" 27
• Capacity and Overloading Regulations 31
• Names 40
• Summary 43
• Chapter Two: The Vessel's Human Complement Ownership 45
• Joint Ownership 54
• Seamen: Their Employment, Welfare, and Status 56
• 1. Definition of a "Seaman" 56
• 2. Service Contract 57
• 3. Forms of Employment 59
• 4. Wages 60
• 5. Accommodation and Welfare 66
• 6. Misbehavior 67
• 7. Duty in Times of Peril 72
• 8. Termination of Service 73
• Passengers: Entitlements and Obligations 74
• 1. Definition of a "Passenger" 74
• 2. Diet and Accommodation 75
• 3. Boarding 78
• 4. The Carrier's Liability for the Passengers' Belongings 79
• 5. Discipline 80
• 6. Religious Rituals 80
• 7. Funeral Practices at Sea 81
• 8. Contribution to Salvage 82
• Summary 82
• Chapter Three: Carriage of Goods General 85
• The Contract: Written or Oral? 85
• Types and Formation of Contracts of Affreightment 87
• 1. Contract of Carriage in a Particular Ship 87
• 2. Contract of Carriage with a Common Carrier 93
• Bills of Lading 95
• Carrier's Liability for Partial Damage and Total Loss 99
• Payment of Freight Charges 106
• Factors Affecting Freightage 111
• I. Loading Berth 112
• 1. Loading and Disposition of Cargo in the Ship 112
• 2. Delay 115
• 3. Dereliction 118
• 4. Detention 119
• 5. Weather Conditions 121
• 6. Human Perils 122
• 7. Seaworthiness of Vessel 124
• II. En Route 124
• 1. Calculation of Freight 125
• 2. Weather Conditions 126
• 3. Human Perils 128
• 4. Deviation 132
• 5. Seaworthiness of Vessel 133
• 6. Cargo Damage 135
• 7. Transshipping 138
• III. Destination 139
• Cancellation of Contract 142
• Summary 147
• Chapter Four: Jettison, General Average, and Contribution General 150
• Rules of Jettison 151
• Commercial Commodities and Personal Effects 157
• Assessment of General Average 159
• Freight Charges 163
• Valuation of the Ship for Contribution 165
• Human Jettison and Contribution for Lives 172
• Choice of Forum and Evidentiary Issues 178
• 1. Oral Deposition 180
• 2. Written Evidence 185
• 3. Physical Examination of the Ship 191
• Summary 191
• Chapter Five: Collision
• General 195
• Navigational Misconduct 195
• Inevitable Collision 201
• Intentional Collision 202
• Summary 203
• Chapter Six: Salvage, Salvors, and Shippers General 205
• Life Salvage 205
• Property Subject to Salvage 207
• Salvors and the Salvage Awards 208
• Formalities and Legal Procedures 215
• International Treaties 218
• Salvaged Properties and Freight Charges 220
• Summary 222
• Chapter Seven: Commercial Law General 224
• The Sea Loan 224
• Byzantine Chreokoinònia and Islamic Qira∂/Mu∂àraba (Commenda) 231
• Summary 246
• Conclusions 248
• Appendices
• Appendix One
• Nomos Rhodion Nautikos 259
• Part II 259
• Part III 260
• Appendix Two
• Kitàb Akriyat al-Sufun wal-Nizà' bayna Ahlihà
• (Treatise Concerning the Leasing of Ships and the Claims between (Contracting) Parties) 273
• Hiring Seamen for Ships 274
• Hire of Ships 278
• Obstacles to Execution of the Concluded Contract of Affreightment 284
• Destruction of the Ship and/or Cargo 293
• Goods Jettisoned Overboard into the Sea 299
• Liability or otherwise of Ship Owners for what They Carry 311
• Loading the Ship with Foodstuffs and/or other Goods 319
• A Ship Owned by Two Partners 321
• Profit-Sharing between a Ship Owner and a Person who Operates his Ship 322
• [Attachment: Six Jurisprudential Questions (Masà"il )] 327
• Bibliography 331
• A Short Biography of Early Muslim Jurists cited in the Kitàb Akriyat al-Sufun 357
• Index of Cited Statutes from Roman and Byzantine Legal Codices 359
• General Index 365.