The custom of the sea / Neil Hanson.

Cannibalism and the common law : the story of the tragic last voyage of the Mignonette and the strange legal proceedings to which it gave rise / A.W. Brian Simpson.

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Mignonette (Boat)

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The custom of the sea / Neil Hanson.

Cannibalism and the common law : the story of the tragic last voyage of the Mignonette and the strange legal proceedings to which it gave rise / A.W. Brian Simpson.