Langbeschreibung
The Law of the Whale Hunt examines how property law was created in the absence of legal institutions regulating whaling in early America.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. The biology, economics, and geography of Anglo-American whaling; 3. Fast-fish, loose-fish; 4. Iron holds the whale; 5. Laws of honor; 6. Halves; 7. The environment of litigation; 8. An untragic commons; 9. Conclusion.