Re: Piracy/Captain Phillips (2013)
What is Piracy? Who has jurisdiction over the high seas?
Sources:
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Art. 100-110 (1982).
S.S. Lotus (Fr. v. Turk.), 1927 P.C.I.J. (ser. A) No. 10 (Sept. 7).
United Nations Security Council. Resolution 1816, S /RES/1816 (2008). Adopted June 2, 2008.
U.S. Constitution, Art. III Sec. 2 and Amend. 6.
Fed. R. Crim. P. 18 (2024 ed.).
Piracy and Privateering, 18 U.S.C. §§1651, 1653 (1948).
Jurisdiction and Venue, 18 U.S.C. §3238 (1948).
Muse v. Daniels, 815 F.3d 265 (7th Cir. 2016).
Thomas J. Shaw. The Legal History of Pirates & Privateers. Thomas J. Shaw (2024).
Edmund Sanders and Julian E. Barnes. “U.S. ship captain held by Somali pirates.” LA Times. April 9, 2009. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-apr-09-fg-somali-pirates9-story.html
“Somalian pirate suspect arrives in New York to be tried in U.S. court.” CBC News. April 20, 2009. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/somalian-pirate-suspect-arrives-in-new-york-to-be-tried-in-u-s-court-1.777441
Tim Besley, Thiemo Fetzer, and Hannes Mueller. “The Economic Costs of Piracy.” International Growth Centre. March 1, 2012. https://www.theigc.org/collections/economic-costs-piracy
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