Free Ships/free Goods

Free Ships/free Goods

Summary of Free Ships/free Goods

A position asserted by certain authorities in international law that all cargo carried aboard a neutral vessel is exempt from seizure by belligerents in time of war. This view conflicts with a more widely held attitude that belligerents have a legal right to interdict munitions and supplies with war-making potential en route to enemies, even when carried aboard neutral ships.

(Main Author: William J. Miller)


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