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The Sovereignty of the Sea / An Historical Account of the Claims of England to the Dominion of the British Seas, and of the Evolution of the Territorial Waters — Thomas Wemyss Fulton

The Sovereignty of the Sea / An Historical Account of the Claims of England to the Dominion of the British Seas, and of the Evolution of the Territorial Waters

Thomas Wemyss Fulton

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  • Book language: English
  • 958 pages

A historical study of England's claims to dominion over the British Seas and the evolution of territorial waters, with attention to fishing rights and the naval salute. It traces legal and political debates over sea sovereignty, offering context for the development of maritime law.

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The Sovereignty of the Sea
The “British Seas,” according to Selden.
The Sovereignty of the Sea
An Historical Account of the Claims of
England to the Dominion of the British Seas,
and of the Evolution of the Territorial Waters:
with special reference to the Rights of Fishing
and the Naval Salute BY
THOMAS WEMYSS FULTON
LECTURER ON THE
SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF FISHERY PROBLEMS, THE UNIVERSITY OF
ABERDEEN
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

William Blackwood and Sons

Edinburgh and London

1911

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO

MY WIFE

PREFACE.

In this book I have endeavoured to bring together from all available sources such information as exists as to the claims formerly made to the sovereignty of the British Seas, and to trace the evolution of the territorial waters in recent times. The work was originally undertaken with the intention of dealing only with these subjects so far as they related to the sea fisheries, but it soon became apparent that to restrict the scope in this way would involve considerable disadvantages, and would enable only a partial picture to be presented. For though during a large part of the period with which the book is concerned, the question of the fishery was the main question in determining the claim to sea sovereignty, and is the one of the greatest frequency at the present day with respect to the territorial waters, it was by no means the only one. The freedom of commerce to regions more or less remote; the jurisdiction of a State in the sea

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Contents

  1. The Sovereignty of the Sea
  2. The Sovereignty of the Sea An Historical Account of the Claims of England to the Dominion of the British Seas, and of th
  3. PREFACE.
  4. CONTENTS.
  5. APPENDIX.
  6. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  7. THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SEA. INTRODUCTION.
  8. SECTION I. THE HISTORY OF THE CLAIMS TO THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SEA
  9. CHAPTER I. EARLY HISTORY.
  10. CHAPTER II. THE FISHERIES.
  11. CHAPTER III. UNDER THE TUDORS.
  12. CHAPTER IV. UNDER THE STUARTS. JAMES I. A NEW POLICY.
  13. CHAPTER V. JAMES I.—continued. DISPUTES WITH THE DUTCH.
  14. CHAPTER VI. CHARLES I. FISHERIES AND RESERVED WATERS.
  15. CHAPTER VII. CHARLES I.—continued. THE NAVY.
  16. CHAPTER VIII. CHARLES I. NAVY—continued.
  17. CHAPTER IX. THE JURIDICAL CONTROVERSIES.
  18. CHAPTER X. THE PARLIAMENT, THE COMMONWEALTH, AND THE PROTECTORATE. THE FIRST DUTCH WAR.
  19. CHAPTER XI. THE PARLIAMENT, THE COMMONWEALTH, AND THE PROTECTORATE—continued. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
  20. CHAPTER XII. CHARLES II. THE SECOND DUTCH WAR.
  21. CHAPTER XIII. CHARLES II.—continued. THE THIRD DUTCH WAR.
  22. CHAPTER XIV. JAMES II. AND AFTER.
  23. SECTION II. THE TERRITORIAL WATERS
  24. CHAPTER I. THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA.
  25. CHAPTER II. GENERAL ADOPTION OF THE THREE-MILE LIMIT.
  26. CHAPTER III. THE FISHERY CONVENTIONS.
  27. CHAPTER IV. THE MODERN PRACTICE OF STATES AND THE OPINIONS OF RECENT PUBLICISTS.
  28. CHAPTER V. THE INADEQUACY OF THE THREE-MILE LIMIT FOR FISHERY REGULATIONS.
  29. APPENDIX A. (P. 45.) THE LIBEL REGARDING REYNER GRIMBALD. De Superioritate Maris Angliæ et Jure officii Admirallatus in
  30. APPENDIX B. (P. 49.)

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