Seamen and the law : an examination of the impact of legislation on the British merchant seaman's lot, 1588-1918
The aims of this study were to determine the general outline over three centuries of variations in the sailors' lot; to establish the linkage with the legislative process, and to ascertain what part Parliament, the unions and the executive had played in making and interpreting the law. It was f...
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University College London (University of London)
1981
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.282305 |