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CONTENTS. 
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INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER by Professor A. Pearce Higgins, 
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CHAPTER 1. 
PRIZE COURTS AND THE LAW THEY ADMINISTER. 
SECTIONS 
1—3 The Prize Court in Bngland i... cea 
? Admiralty codes and Practice ............o..ocererresrereeseerseres : 
5 Law administered by the English Prize Courts ............ J 
S11 A International Brealtion: vo... ei 7 
I, Oren In Connell orien rae strom sass adore sessenss en 12 
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15. British Prize Courts are judicial tribunals applying inter- 
national law. But they are not international Courts... 17 
16—18. Prize Courts of the United States of America ............... 18 
19—26. Prize Courts in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Japan, 
China, Russia, and Siam ......ccervereerveeervnsrsreeeseres 20 
27. Austrian, Turkish, Greek, and Rumanian prize codes ... 29 
CHAPTER II. 
JURISDICTION OF PRIZE COURTS. 
28. The question ** prize or not prize ’ cognisable solely in 
the Admiralty Courts ..........ccceeeovvvvevveeesiirssirisrnns 80 
29. Prize jurisdiction proceeds both in rem and in personam 31 
80. Extent of the Court's jurisdiction ...............oooovirinnn. 81 
81. Subject-matter of jurisdiction ..................ooooioiorrrrn, 32 
82—33. Locality of seizures in relation to jurisdiction ............... 85 
84. Jurisdiction when excluded .........coeevcereieeirereeosiorooinrres ST 
85. Jurisdiction of the American Prize Courts ..................... 88 
36—41. Jurisdiction of the French, Belgian, Italian, German, 
Russian, and Rumanian Prize Courts sane. AD