DUBROVAČKO POMORSKO ZAKONODAVSTVO U 18. STOLJEĆU
DUBROVNIK MARITIME LEGISLATION IN THE 18TH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: In the second half of the 18th century, Dubrovnik maritime legislation was enriched by the Rulebook for National Navigation (Regolamenti della Repubblica di Ragusaper la navigazione nazionale) – a set of legal provisions linked in particular to Book VII of the Dubrovnik Statute and the so-called Ordinances on the Navy of 1511 and1535. As they relate mainly to navigation outside the Adriatic, the ordinances devote a great deal of attention to the work of the consular service, and consuls are given wide-ranging powers to supervise the commercial use of the ship and the work of the ship’s captain and the ship’s clerk. Numerous regulations govern the duties of ship’s captains, ship’s scribes and sailors, for the violation of which the rule book provides fines, in contrast to similar maritime laws of the time in the Mediterranean, which provide for corporal punishment and even the death penalty for disciplinary offences and breaches of duty., i.e. the loss of a certain number of months’ wages, imprisonment and loss of title, i.e. a permanent ban from holding the office of ship’s captain, ship’s officer or ship’s scribe. Administrative duties were transferred to the newly established Ministry of Navigation, whose main task was to formulate maritime policy, supervise navigation operations and deal with important questions and disputes from the field of labour law, as well as to maintain and update data on the members of the ship’s crew (crew commanders, officers and sailors) through the Navigation Office. Although it is the final piece of legislation in the field of maritim eaffairs, the Rulebook is not a systematic codification of the norms of Dubrovnik maritime law, because with the regulations collected in the Rulebook, the Dubrovnik government regulated maritime practise in the conditions of Dubrovnik’s maritime expansion in the 18th century. In the second half of the 18th century, Dubrovnik maritime legislation was enriched by the Rulebook for National Navigation (Regolamenti della Repubblica di Ragusaper la navigazione nazionale) – a set of legal provisions linked in particular to BookVII of the Dubrovnik Statute and the so-called Ordinances on the Navy of 1511 and1535. As they relate mainly to navigation outside the Adriatic, the ordinances devote a great deal of attention to the work of the consular service, and consuls are given wide-ranging powers to supervise the commercial use of the ship and the work of the ship’s captain and the ship’s clerk. Numerous regulations govern the duties of ship’s captains, ship’s scribes and sailors, for the violation of which the rule book provides fines, in contrast to similar maritime laws of the time in the Mediterranean, which provide for corporal punishment and even the death penalty for disciplinary offences and breaches of duty., i.e. the loss of a certain number of months’ wages, imprisonment and loss of title, i.e. a permanent ban from holding the office of ship’s captain, ship’s officer or ship’s scribe. Administrative duties were transferred to the newly established Ministry of Navigation, whose main task was to formulate maritime policy, supervise navigation operations and deal with important questions and disputes from the field of labour law, as well as to maintain and update data on the members of the ship’s crew (crew commanders, officers and sailors) through the Navigation Office. Although it is the final piece of legislation in the field of maritime affairs, the Rulebook is not a systematic codification of the norms of Dubrovnik maritime law, because with the regulations collected in the Rulebook, the Dubrovnik government regulated maritime practise in the conditions of Dubrovnik’s maritime expansion in the 18th century.

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