Admiralty Court
The Admiralty Court was a court attached to the Admiralty or a Ministry of the Navy , which decided on disputes arising in the maritime sector .
In states with a navy , this court was not a permanent court , but only formed in the event of a war or a blockade . It decided on the removal of ships, the validity and breaking of a blockade, etc. In this case, it was also called a prize court .
In Austria , an imperial decree of March 21, 1864 set up a prize court of first instance in Trieste and second instance in Vienna as well as a prize investigation commission in Pula .
In the German Empire , where state law previously applied (in the Kingdom of Prussia, according to the ordinance of June 20, 1864, a Prize Council and an Upper Prize Council), the Reich Law of May 3, 1884 provided for the establishment of prize courts by the Reich, their establishment, the procedure and however, the otherwise necessary instructions are reserved for imperial decrees. On the occasion of the British naval blockade off East Africa on February 5, 1889, an ordinance was therefore issued that set up a court of first instance in Zanzibar , which consisted of the Consul General as a single judge. At the same time, a higher prize court was set up in Berlin . The seven members of this court of appeal were appointed by imperial order.
literature
- Ludwig Geßner: Le droît des neutres sur mer. 2nd Edition. Heymann, Berlin 1876.
- Ludwig Geßner: Pinch. In: Adolf Bruder (Ed.): Staatslexikon. Volume 4: Austria-Hungary - Switzerland. Published on behalf of the Görres Society. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) 1895.
- Eugen Saalfrank: The condensation of German and Austrian merchant ships by the Belgian award court in 1919. Dissertation, University of Kiel 1925.
