Leikin, J;
(2016)
Prize law, maritime neutrality, and the law of nations in imperial Russia, 1768-1856.
Doctoral thesis , UCL (University College London).
Abstract
My thesis examines the development and use of prize law – an aspect of the law of nations which sanctioned the legal capture of ships and their cargo by warring nations – by the Russian Empire from the 1760s to the 1850s. Russia’s development of this legal concept as a method of control over the Baltic and Black Seas seems puzzling. Traditional narratives portray Russia as a land-based empire with military strength, but few of the liberal values that should accompany the notions of due process and justice implicit in the institution of a prize court. However, my dissertation argues that legal rhetoric played an important part in Russia’s interactions with other empires. And while the period in question was a crucial one for Russian legal development, culminating in an unprecedented codification project, international legal history – and prize law in particular – remain underdeveloped themes in Russian historiography.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Title: | Prize law, maritime neutrality, and the law of nations in imperial Russia, 1768-1856 |
| Event: | UCL |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Russian Empire, international law, maritime law, history |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1532115 |
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