Abstract
This article examines the statistics concerning piratical incidents occurring in the year 2008 and their impact on the world economy. This article also reviews the total scope of sea piracy worldwide with regard to the number and type of incidents thereof, because Somalia is not the only place in the world where sea piracy occurs. Finally, this article analyzes the history of prescribing and enforcing a jurisdiction regarding the international law of sea piracy.
Recommended Citation
Leticia M. Diaz & Barry Hart Dubner,
On the Evolution of the Law of International Sea Piracy: How Property Trumped Human Rights, the Environment and the Sovereign Rights of States in the Areas of the Creation and Enforcement of Jurisdiction,
13
Barry L. Rev.
(2009).
Available at:
https://lawpublications.barry.edu/barrylrev/vol13/iss1/6
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