Page:Marvin, Legal Bibliography, 1847.djvu/59



ABBOTT, CHARLES. A Treatise of the Law relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen. 7th ed. By William Shee. 8vo. London. 1844. 8vo. Boston. 1846. This book is a legal classic of high character, and is frequently cited upon questions of Commercial Law not altered by Statute. "It is equally distinguished for practical good sense, and for extensive and accurate learning, remarkably compressed, and appropriately applied." Chancellor Kent made it the basis of the forty-seventh lecture of his Commentaries upon American Law. There have been five American editions of the work ; but those of 1810 and 1829, enriched with notes and references to American cases, by Mr. Justice Story, are the most valuable, except the late edition. In the 4th Am. ed. (1829), now out of print, the learned annotator recast the notes and added many new ones. A new American edition has just been published, containing the notes of Story and Shee, together with notes of American decisions by J. C. Perkins, Esq. This edition is the most desirable one for the American lawyer. The first edition of Abbott was published in 1802, and was the first English treatise devoted exclusively to the law of shipping. In 1819 the work was translated into Portuguese. The late English edition by Shee, is well spoken of. 13 Ves. 599 ; 3 Kent's Com. 250; 9 Legal Observer, 276 ; 1 Angell's Law Intelligencer, 73 ; 1 A. J. 321 ; 4 Jurist, 612.

ABBOTT, CHARLES. Jurisdiction and Practice of the Court of Great Sessions of Wales, upon the Chester Circuit. 8vo. London. 1795.

Rules and Orders on the Plea Side of K. B. from 1731 to 1795, 8vo. London. 1795.

A'BECKETT, G. A. Remarks on the present state of the law of Debtor and Creditor. 8vo. London. 1845. Pamphlet. ABREU, D', F. J. Tratado juridico-politico sobre Presas de Mar, y Calidades que deben concurrir para hacerse legitammente el Corso. 4to. Cadiz. 1746. Translated into French by La Grave. 2 vols. 8vo. Paris. 1748. Also by Bonnemant. 2 vols. 12mo. Paris. 1802.

This is an erudite and philosophical treatise on Maritime Captures, 47