A Treatise on the Right of Property in Tide Waters [1847]

Reprint of the "revised, corrected and enlarged" second and final edition of this classic work, which was first published in 1826. Its topics include Roman, English and American laws on the right of property in the sea, rights acquirable in salt and tide waters by prescription, custom and grant and the right of those who own land adjoining shores to make embankments, such as wharves. Reviewing the first edition in his Legal Bibliography, Marvin observed it was the first book on the subject since Hale's De Jure Maris et Brachiorum Ejusdem, then commended it as "a work that was much needed" and "a valuable contribution to our jurisprudence."Angell 1794-1857] was one of America's first significant legal writers. A prolific author who recognized the law's need to respond to America's growing industrial economy, he published several highly esteemed treatises concerning business organization, land use and transportation.xvi, 295, 1], cxlvi, 1], 463]-475 pp.