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International Law Regime Against Piracy, Lawrence Azubuike
International Law Regime Against Piracy, Lawrence Azubuike
Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law
Customary international law prohibited piracy and treated pirates as enemies of human kind. Pirates were considered to have waged war not just against anyone state but all states. As such, pirates were subject to universal jurisdiction by any state. While the prohibition of piracy could, and was easily stated, the contours of the prohibition, including definition of pirates, were not free from controversy. Besides, pirates were not always universally condemned, but instead were sometimes tolerated and employed by states for their own selfish interests. A more important point, though, is that like the infamous slave trade, piracy was believed to …
The Supremacy Of United States (Maritime) Law Revisited, Andrew Brown
The Supremacy Of United States (Maritime) Law Revisited, Andrew Brown
Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law
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