Transcribed by William E. Butler into English for the first time, from Du Ponceau's hand, a translation of Gerard de Rayneval's On the Freedom of the Sea. A previously overlooked and unpublished contemporary translation by Peter S. Du Ponceau of the classic treatise by Joseph-Mathias Gerard de Rayneval, De la liberte des mers (Paris, 1811), edited with an extensive introduction by William E. Butler. Successor two centuries later to Grotius' classic writings on the freedom of the seas, Gerard de Rayneval's work affirmed the principles of natural and positive law applicable to naval...
Transcribed by William E. Butler into English for the first time, from Du Ponceau's hand, a translation of Gerard de Rayneval's On the Freedom of the ...