The capture of the Ponte: the development of vicarious liability of shipowners and its limitation in Roman-Dutch law
Summary In 1599, Dutch privateer Melchior van den Kerckhoven unlawfully captured the Venetian merchantman Ponte , which resulted in extensive legal proceedings before the Supreme Court of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland. The Ponte case soon became the centrepiece for discussions about vicarious liability of shipowners for unlawful acts of their shipmasters, and – more importantly – about limitation of this liability to (the value of) their ship and cargo. Within these discussions, a secondary role was reserved for the case arising from the capture of the French ship Levrette by a Dutch mer... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du Droit / The Legal History Review ; volume 90, issue 1-2, page 177-221 ; ISSN 0040-7585 1571-8190 |
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Brill
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Schlagwörter: | Law / History |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26640916 |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718190-20220012 |