An Essay On Maritime Loans

English and American cases.

"Of all the French writers upon Commercial Law, Emerigon holds

the first rank. His writings and his reputation are not confined to

France alone, for the jurists of Great Britain and the United States

have equally derived assistance form his labors, and have borne

their united testimony to his great learning and diligence. Lord

Ellenborough says, "who has equaled Emerigon as a theoretical

and practical writer on the Law of Insurance? He has exhausted

every topic, so far as materials were within his reach; and upon

all new questions his work, for illustration, and authorities, and

usages, is still unrivalled." Chancellor Kent has spoken with equal

warmth and truthfulness of Emerigon, for he remarks, that his

[Essay on Maritime Loans] "very far surpasses all preceding works

in the extent, value, and practical application of his principles. It

is

the most didactic, learned, and finished production extant on the

subject. He professedly carried his researches into the antiquities of

the maritime law, and illustrated the ordinances by what he terms

the jurisprudence of the tribunals; and he discusses all incidental

questions, so as to bring within the compass of his work a great

portion of international and commercial law connected with the

doctrines of Insurance. In the language of Lord Tenterden, no

subject in Emerigon is discussed without being exhausted, and the

eulogy is as just as it is splendid.'"-J. G. Marvin, Legal

Bibliography (1847) 292.

BALTHAZARD-MARIE EMERIGON [1716-1785] was the leading French

authority on commercial law. His reputation rests on his Nouveau

Commentaire sur l'Ordonnance de la Marine, du Mois d'Août 1681 (1780)

and

Traité des Assurances et des Contrats à la Grosse (1783).