Rhodian Sea

Byzantine/Rhodian Sea in Maritime Law

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The following is a definition of Byzantine/Rhodian Sea, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: Law – A maritime code derived from custom, prepared at Byzantium (Constantinople) in the seventh or eighth century A.D., referred to as the “Rhodian Sea-Law” by Ashburner, The Rhodian Sea-Law (1909), but better termed the “Byzantine/Rhodian Sea-Law” to avoid confusion with the Rhodian Law (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary) of c. 800 B.C. It contained provisions on maritime liens (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary) and ship mortgages (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary) and influenced the compilation of the Basilica. See Tetley, M.L.C., 2 Ed., 1998 at pp. 10-11; Tetley, “The General Maritime Law – The Lex Maritima” (1994) 20 Syracuse J. Int’l. Law 105-145 at p. 109; reprinted [1996] ETL 469-506 at p. 473; Tetley, Int’l. M. & A. L., 2003 at p. 10. See also “Rhodian Law” (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary).

Rhodian Sea in Admiralty Law

For information on rhodian sea in this context, see the entry on rhodian sea in the maritime law encyclopedia.