cedents, &c. 168 pages, duodecimo; London, Clarke, 1803. This book is scarce in America. IMOLA (Joannes de), was professor of the civil law, at Bologna, in the Papal states, and a disciple of the elder Baldus. He composed a great number of professional works, which were much admired in his day, but are at present no longer read. He died in 1436. KOCH, a Frenchman, professor of law at the university of Strasburgh, and member of the national institute, is the author of an excellent work in the French language, entitled, Abregé de l'Histoire des Traités de paix entre les puissances de l'Europe, depuis la paix de Westphalie, Basil 1796. 4 vols. 8vo. LAMPREDI, was a professor of the law of nations, at the university of Pisa in Tuscany. He published at Florence, in the year 1788, his Trattato del commercio de popoli neutrali in tempo di guerra, (a treatise on the commerce of neutral nations in time of war.) It has been translated into German, by professor Kanig, Leipsig, 1790, and into French, by M. Peuchet, Paris, 1802, one vol. octavo. M. Peuchet tells us, that the ministry of Louis XVI. had ordered a translation of this work to be made, but it was not executed during his reign. Lampredi combats on many points, the doctrines of Galiani, whose book is written in favour of the freedom of the neutral flag, while his opponent supports the opposite doctrine, so strenuously contended for by Great Britain. These two works were written at the close of the American war; the one at Naples, which was at that time under French, and the other in Tuscany, which was under British influence. See GALIANI. LOCCENIUS (Johannes), author of a valuable treatise in three books, entitled, De jure maritimo & navali. It has been published by Heineccius, together with Stypman's Jus maritimum & nauticum, and Kuricke's Diatribe de Assecurationibus, under the title of Scriptorum de jure nautico & maritimo Fasciculus, in two vols. 4to. Hal. Magdeb. 1740. MARQUARDUS (Johannes), a German, is the author of a very learned treatise on mercantile law, in the Latin language, entitled, Tractatus politico-juridicus de jure mercatorum & commerciorum singulari, in 4 books, printed at Frankfort, in 1662, folio, 1316 pages. It contains a number of public documents, historical facts, and other valuable information. MENOCHIUS (James), a lawyer of Pavia, in Italy, was so learned, that he was called the Baldus and Bartholus of his age; no con td temptible names among the civilians. He was president of the superior court of Milan, and died in 1607, at the age of 75. Among a variety of professional works which he published, and were much read in his time, he wrote a treatise in folio, De arbitrariis Judicum quæstionibus & causis conciliorum, which is the work to which our author refers in his 25th chapter, page 196. MERCATURA (De), a large and valuable collection of treatises and dissertations, by various authors of different nations, on subjects of maritime and commercial law. It is entitled, De Mercaturâ, Decisiones &Tractatus varii & de rebus ad eam pertinentibus, 1 vol. fol. Colon. 1622. It contains, amongst other things, the treatises of Straccha and Santerna, and the little tract of Cunaus, mentioned in this book; (See STRACCHA, SANTERNA, CUNEUS.) It contains also, a collection of the decisions of the court of Rota of Genoa, on subjects of mercantile law, to the number of 215, much in the manner of our common law reports: See Ingersoll's Roccus, p. 53. in not. The remainder consists of a number of other tracts on similar subjects, by various authors, which, as they are not mentioned in this book, wę think it unnecessary to notice here. MORNAC (Anthony), a French advocate, who died in the year 1619. He wrote a great number of professional works, which were published at Paris, in 1724, in four vols. folio. He was a man of great erudition. NOODT (Gerardus), of Nimeguen, was a Dutch professor, whose writings on the Roman law, are in very great repute among the civilians. His works have been edited by Barbeyrac, the celebrated commentator of Puffendorff and Grotius, and printed at Leyden, in two folio volumes, under the title of Gerardi Noodt, Noviomagi, Jurisconsulti & Antecessoris, opera omnia. Lugd. Bat, 1760. OMPTEDA (Henry Lewis, Baron von), was ambassador of the king of Great Britain, as elector of Hanover and duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg, to the Diet of Ratisbon, and his minister plenipotentiary to the electoral court of Munich. He is the author of an excellent work in the German language, entitled, Litteratur des gesammten sowohl natürlichen als positiven Völkerrechts, or Literature of the natural and positive law of nations; Munich, 1785, 2 vols. 8vo. It is a biographical, critical and bibliographical notice of the various authors who have written on the law of nations, and of their works, down to the time of its publication, arranged in a very methodical order. Roccts (Franciscus), a Neapolitan, author of the celebrated NOTABILIA de navibus et naulo; item de assecurationibus. An excellent English translation of this well known work, the original of which is very scarce, has been lately published, with valuable notes, by Joseph Reed Ingersoll, esq. counsellor at law of this city; one vol. 156 pages, octavo; Philadelphia, Hopkins and Earle, 1809. This translation is executed with great judgment, and accuracy, and may, in our opinion, well supply the place of the original. SANTERNA, (Peter) a Portuguese writer, author of a treatise upon Insurance, entitled, Tractatus de assecurationibus & sponsionibus Mercatorum. See MERCATURA (De). STRACCHA (Benvenuto), an Italian writer, author of a valuable treatise on the law of merchants, entitled, De Mercaturâ, seu Mercatore. See MERCATURA (De). US ET COUTUMES DE LA MER. See CLEIRAC. VALIN (René Josué), was born at Rochelle, in France, where he exercised the profession of an advocate, and was king's attorney, in the court of admiralty, and in the municipal court. He was also a member of the academy of that city, where he died in 1765. His celebrated commentary on Louis XIV.'s Ordonnance de la marine, published at Rochelle, in 1760, in two vols. 4to. is well known in the United States; but few are acquainted in this country with his Treatise on Captures, published at the same place, in 1763, in one vol. 8vo. This excellent work, worthy of the high reputation of its author, is unfortunately out of print; the copy which we have in our possession, was the last which remained two years ago in the bookseller's store, at Rochelle. It is to be hoped that a new edition of it will soon be published. VERWER (Adriaan), author of a work in the Low Dutch language, entitled, Nederlants See Rechten, Averyen en Bodemeryen or The maritime law of the Netherlands, and the law of average and bottomry. It contains, 1. The laws of Wisbuy, and the ordinance of Amsterdam, with notes. 2. Several ordinances of the Spanish kings, sovereigns of the Netherlands. 3. A treatise on the law of bottomry. 4. A treatise on average, by Quintijn Weijtsen, with an index to the whole. The edition before us was printed at Amsterdam, in 1764. ZENTGRAVIUS (John Joachim), was professor of divinity at Strasburg, and wrote in 1684, a dissertation, entitled, De origine, veritate & obligatione juris gentium, in which he maintained against Puffendorff, the existence of a positive law of nations; a controversy which called forth the abilities of several writers at that time, but at this day appears little more than a dispute about words. Zentgravius also wrote a dissertation on Commerce between neutrals and belligerents. Strasb. 1690. ZOUCH (Richard), an Englishman, born in 1590, in Wiltshire, was professor of civil law in the university of Oxford, and was made judge of the high court of admiralty, by Charles II. at the restoration, in 1660. He wrote some elementary tracts on the civil law, and distinguished himself in the celebrated controversy which took place' in that reign, on the subject of admiralty jurisdiction, and was principally managed on the part of the civilians, by himself, Dr. Exton, and Dr. Godolphin. He wrote a treatise on the law of nations, entitled, Juris & Judicii Fecialis sive juris inter gentes & quæstionum de eodem explicatio, in which he does little more than retail the opinions, and often copies the very words of Grotius. Although this work is frequently quoted by our author, he appears to have been sufficiently sensible of its want of real merit. It was published at London, in 1650, in 4to.; and at the Hague, in 1659, in 16mo. |