Talk:Prize (law)

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Substantial Revision and Expansion

That was a lot of bleary eyed footnote making. *whew* But I hope this article is now a better rendering of prize law. I'll take a break for a while and come back to it after looking at a few more sources. Leave a message on this age if you have suggestions for improvements or needed expansions.FrederickFolger (talk) 22:19, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That was the best response to a clarification request I have seen on wikipedia. The history of Prize law is now much clearer. Three cited paragraphs were removed; I place them here on the Talk page in case they are still useful. To the right are two images from Wikimedia Commons related to prize law.

For example, the German commerce raiding during World War I obtained several ships as prizes.^[1]

There have been several abortive attempts to form an International Prize Court to hear appeals regarding captures of prizes.^[2]

Municipal law

United States

Prize law under United States municipal law is codified at 10 U.S.C. §§ 7651–7681. As noted above, due to changes in the nature of naval warfare, the U.S. courts have not tried any prize cases under these statutes.^[3]

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Notes

Lehmann, Ernst A.; Mingos, Howard. The Zeppelins. The Development of the Airship, with the Story of the Zepplins Air Raids in the World War. Chapter VI THE NORTH SEA PATROL -- THE ZEPPELINS AT JUTLAND (online chapter)

-84user (talk) 14:44, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

images

Wonderful Commons images 84user, thanks, and thanks also for the compliment. The recession has forced all the maritime museums to squeeze every last farthing out of every copyright permission for images reproduced from their collections, which is why I was leery of posting the ones I am familiar with (not knowing the copyright status). But there 's a wonderful picture of seven French corsairs attacking a prize simultaneously, which I will see if I can retrieve for free from its museum.FrederickFolger (talk) 16:31, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Mariners' Museum very kindly gave me permission to reproduce the .jpg I had in mind, and sent me a clean .jpg which now ornaments the article (depending on whether I've successfully navigated the shoals of Wiki Commons copyright restrictions, that is).FrederickFolger (talk) 22:54, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Lehmann Chapter VI

[2] ttp://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/1907k.htm

[3] ttp://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/10/7651.html

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