{"product_id":"9781616191764","title":"An Essay On Maritime Loans","description":"Reprint of the first American edition. With notes and references to\u003cp\u003eEnglish and American cases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Of all the French writers upon Commercial Law, Emerigon holds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe first rank. His writings and his reputation are not confined to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrance alone, for the jurists of Great Britain and the United States\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehave equally derived assistance form his labors, and have borne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir united testimony to his great learning and diligence. Lord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllenborough says, \"who has equaled Emerigon as a theoretical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand practical writer on the Law of Insurance? He has exhausted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eevery topic, so far as materials were within his reach; and upon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall new questions his work, for illustration, and authorities, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eusages, is still unrivalled.\" Chancellor Kent has spoken with equal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewarmth and truthfulness of Emerigon, for he remarks, that his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Essay on Maritime Loans] \"very far surpasses all preceding works\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the extent, value, and practical application of his principles. It\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe most didactic, learned, and finished production extant on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esubject. He professedly carried his researches into the antiquities of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe maritime law, and illustrated the ordinances by what he terms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe jurisprudence of the tribunals; and he discusses all incidental\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003equestions, so as to bring within the compass of his work a great\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eportion of international and commercial law connected with the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edoctrines of Insurance. In the language of Lord Tenterden, no\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esubject in Emerigon is discussed without being exhausted, and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeulogy is as just as it is splendid.'\"-J. G. Marvin, Legal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography (1847) 292.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBALTHAZARD-MARIE EMERIGON [1716-1785] was the leading French\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eauthority on commercial law. His reputation rests on his Nouveau\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommentaire sur l'Ordonnance de la Marine, du Mois d'Août 1681 (1780)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraité des Assurances et des Contrats à la Grosse (1783).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Lawbook Exchange","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061320564976,"sku":"9781616191764","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616191764_p0.jpg?v=1763849394","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616191764","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}