TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Underlined text is denoted by _underscores_. There is no 'bold' or 'italic' text. Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. More detail can be found at the end of the book. PRIZE MONEY BY PHILIP QUINCY WRIGHT A. B. Lombard College, 1912 THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 1913 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS THE GRADUATE SCHOOL JUNE 5, 1913 I HEREBY RECOMMEND THAT THE THESIS PREPARED UNDER MY SUPERVISION BY QUINCY WRIGHT ENTITLED PRIZE MONEY BE ACCEPTED AS FULFILLING THIS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS _James W. Garner._ In Charge of Major Work _James W. Garner._ Head of Department Recommendation concurred in: }Committee } }on } }Final Examination _TABLE OF CONTENTS._ _Introduction._ _Chapter I. Among the Ancients._ Page Part 1. Greece 2 a. Land War--Principles, Causes, Effects. b. Maritime War--Prize Courts, Piracy, Rhodian Laws. Part 2. Rome 10 a. Land War--Method of Division. b. Maritime War--A Land People, Piracy, Principles, Causes, Effects, Ferocity of War. _Chapter II. During the Middle Ages._ Part 1. Maritime Codes 16 Early Codes, Consolato del Mare, Character of its Rules, Effects, No Recognition of States. Part 2. The New International Law 21 Machiavelli, Brunus, Victoria, Ayala, More, Bodin, Gentilis, Grotius, Zouche, Puffendorf, Summary. _Chapter III. Great Britain, Historical Resumé._ Part 1. Earliest Times to 1340 30 a. Laws--Common Law Rule, Liberality to Captors, Grant by Letters Patent, Cinque Ports. b. Administration--Common Law Courts, Slight Control. Part 2. 1340 to 1485 34 a. Laws--Distribution by Ordinance, Privateers, Letters of Marque, Adjudication of Prizes, Black Book of Admiralty. b. Administration--Establishment of Admiralty, First Prize Court, Conservator of Ports. c. Significance--Cause, Effect. Part 3. 1485 to 1603 43 a. Laws--Letters Patent, Admirals Tenth, Prize Proclamations, Letters of Marque from France. b. Administration--Aggressive Policy, Crowns Control, Adjudication not the Rule, Restraint of Privateers, Summary. c. Significance--Effect, Encouragement of Privateers, Cheap War.