Treatise on Naval Courts Martial

By John Delafons

Book Overview

Originally published in 1792, this work was revised (incorporating new material) and corrected for the 1805 edition, reissued here. As a ship's purser and occasional Judge Advocate, Delafons had considerable experience of advising in naval courts martial, including first-hand involvement for the defence in the trial of Peter Heywood, a midshipman on board HMS Bounty during the mutiny of 1789. He intended this work to be a textbook for conducting judicial proceedings in the Royal Navy, and it is also now a fundamental text for historians and researchers in both the legal and naval history of a period of British maritime supremacy. Delafons covers the subjects of jurisdiction, evidence, sentencing, and the roles of individuals within the trial. He also makes a comparison between the law of the Navy and its practical applications and that of the civil courts, and examines the development of the Naval Code itself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110804476X
• ISBN13: 9781108044769
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"