REFERENCES FOR GENERAL READING
The American Admiralty, Chapters I-XII, E. C. Benedict. Albany, N. Y., 1910; Banks & Company.=Maritime Law, Chapters I-II, Henry Flanders. Boston, 1852; Little, Brown & Co.
Commentaries on American Law (13th ed.), Lectures XLV-XLIX, James Kent. Boston, 1884.
Marine Insurance, Introduction 1-55, John Duer. New York, 1845; Voorhies.
Introduction historique à l'étude du droit commercial maritime, Arthur Desjardins. Paris, 1890; A. Durand et Pedone-Lauriel.
Maritime Law, Albert Saunders. London, 1901; Sweet Maxwell, Ltd.
The Rhodian Sea-Law, Walter Ashburner. Oxford, 1909; The Clarendon Press.
History of Admiralty Jurisdiction, R. H. Dana. 5 American Law Review 581.
[1] "The first vessels were rafts. The raft is the parent of the modern ship" (Seabrook v. Raft, 40 Fed. 596).