Resumen de Forum-shopping pirates? Litigation strategies to address maritime plunder in late-medieval Flanders
Late-medieval Flanders was a patchwork of jurisdictions. Especially in terms of maritimeplunder, different prosecutors and different courts could claim competency. However,where these plunderers appeared or where the plundered claimed their damages mat-tered significantly. This article investigates how these landlocked courts tried to claimcompetency over the events happening at sea. What were the consequences of the liti-gation strategies relating to maritime plunder, and how did plunderers and the plundereddeal with these? Especially in medieval Bruges, there was a pragmatic approach towardsfavouring some of the important merchant communities while using princely institutionsto chastise other (deemed harmful) plunderers.
