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VAN NIEKERK, JP. Of naval courts martial and prize claims: Some legal consequences of Commodore Johnstone's secret mission to the Cape of Good Hope and the "battle" of Saldanha Bay, 1781 (Part 2). Fundamina (Pretoria) [online]. 2016, vol.22, n.1, pp.118-154. ISSN 2411-7870.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2411-7870/2016/v22n1a7.

Commodore Johnstone's secret mission to the Cape of Good Hope in 1781 had a surprisingly large number of legal consequences, not only in England but also at the Cape. In the main they concerned two matters, namely naval law, more specifically intra-naval immunity, and prize law, more specifically, the question of joint captures. These matters are considered in two parts, of which the first appeared in (2015) 21(2) Fundamina 392-456.

Palabras clave : Maritime history; Cape of Good Hope; English maritime legal history; naval law and intra-naval immunity; prize law and joint captures.

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