Piracy at sea is a phenomenon which has steadily grown in significance, recently attracting the attention of international policy-makers. The financial cost of piracy was estimated to have reached $7 billion by 2011, not including the cost of protecting vessels, prosecuting and imprisoning pirates, and capacity-building in national and regional capacity anti-piracy efforts. Moreover, piracy is intrinsically linked to State failure and other pathologies bred by it, such as organized crime and terrorism. This collection of essays provides a comprehensive assessment of the legal and policy...