Piracy in Comparative Perspective: Problems, Strategies, Law

ISBN-13: 9781849464420 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 448 str.

Charles H. Norchi; Gwenaele Proutiere-Maulion

Opis

This informative study provides a comprehensive approach to an age-old disruption of the order of the oceans. Many of the norms proscribing piratical acts that are codified in contemporary international law are vestiges of earlier periods. Yet, contemporary maritime piracy is more complex and intense. The International Maritime Bureau of the International Chamber of Commerce reported 439 reports of actual piracy attacks in 2011, mostly Somali based, and a higher number of attempts. This book presents perspectives on the problem, offered by contributors from four continents, diverse legal cultures, and multiple disciplines. The book appraises piracy from the comparative perspectives of those disciplines and from the standpoint of key participants in the social processes that are plagued by piracy-mariners, navies, ship owners and operators, policy makers, and lawyers. Decision making and operational measures cannot be separated from piracy's origins and continuing social impact. Thus, the contributors bring clarity to the problem through the lenses of history, development, law, maritime security, fisheries, economics, and ocean commerce. Maritime piracy initiatives are generating a great number of operational and institutional countermeasures, and the diversity of stakeholder interests often complicates proposed solutions. Against that backdrop, the contributors examine strategies - the range of available modalities to address and correct the problem - through the lenses of naval power, port state control, penal systems, and development. And, they appraise law - both national and international authoritative decision making - viewing state practice, international regulations, tribunal judgments, custom, and international conventions, from the comparative perspectives of Africa, India, England, France and the United States. The book is a collaboration of the Center for Maritime and Oceanic Law (CDMO) of the University of Nantes (France) and the Center for Oceans and Coastal Law of the University of Maine School of Law (US).

Spis treści

The Piracy Problem: The Puntland Perspective The President of Puntland State of Somalia His Excellency Abdirahman Mohamed MOHAMUD (FAROLE) Introduction Piracy in Comparative Perspective I. The Problem and the Trends 1. The Enemy of All Mankind Dominique GAURIER 2. Plague of Pirates – A Primer Tom TULLOCH 3. The Tuna Fishery and Piracy E. CHASSOT, P. GUILLOTREAU, D. KAPLAN, T. VALLÉE 4. Concerns, Consequences, and Resolutions to Somali Piracy Martin MURPHY II. Participants and Perspectives 5. Seafarers: Piracy Protection Patrick CHAUMETTE 6. Shipowners: the Piracy Challenge Simon DELFAU 7. The Shipping Industry and Piracy Arthur BOWRING and Alexander MCKINNON 8. The Indian Subcontinent and Counter-Piracy: The Indian Perspective Fozia NAZIR LONE 9. Perspectives From Central and West Africa Claude KIRONGOZI ICHALANGA III. Strategies 10. Comparative Counter-Piracy Strategy: European, American, African, and Asian Approaches James KRASKA 11. Operation Atalanta Cédric LEBOEUF 12. Port State Control Z. OYA ÖZÇAYIR 13. The Global Insurance Industry Poomintr SOOKSRIPAISARNKIT 14. The Role of Media and Communications Edward GIRARDET IV. Law 15. Challenges of Jurisdiction and Prosecution Michael J. STEPEK 16. The New French Law on Piracy Valérie BORÉ EVENO 17. United States Law on Piracy Timothy STEIGELMAN 18. A Holistic Approach to Piracy: Toward a Public Order of Human Dignity through Corporate Social Responsibility Gwenaële PROUTIÈRE-MAULION Conclusion Piracy and the Public Order of the Oceans Charles H. NORCHI