An Essay on Maritime Loans

Reprint of the first American edition. With notes and references toEnglish and American cases."Of all the French writers upon Commercial Law, Emerigon holdsthe first rank. His writings and his reputation are not confined toFrance alone, for the jurists of Great Britain and the United Stateshave equally derived assistance form his labors, and have bornetheir united testimony to his great learning and diligence. LordEllenborough says, "who has equaled Emerigon as a theoreticaland practical writer on the Law of Insurance? He has exhaustedevery topic, so far as materials were within his reach; and uponall new questions his work, for illustration, and authorities, andusages, is still unrivalled." Chancellor Kent has spoken with equalwarmth and truthfulness of Emerigon, for he remarks, that his[Essay on Maritime Loans] "very far surpasses all preceding worksin the extent, value, and practical application of his principles. It isthe most didactic, learned, and finished production extant on thesubject. He professedly carried his researches into the antiquities ofthe maritime law, and illustrated the ordinances by what he termsthe jurisprudence of the tribunals; and he discusses all incidentalquestions, so as to bring within the compass of his work a greatportion of international and commercial law connected with thedoctrines of Insurance. In the language of Lord Tenterden, nosubject in Emerigon is discussed without being exhausted, and theeulogy is as just as it is splendid.'"-J. G. Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 292.BALTHAZARD-MARIE EMERIGON [1716-1785] was the leading Frenchauthority on commercial law. His reputation rests on his NouveauCommentaire sur l'Ordonnance de la Marine, du Mois d'Août 1681 (1780) andTraité des Assurances et des Contrats à la Grosse (1783).