Modern Piracy: Legal Challenges and Responses

by Douglas Guilfoyle

Modern Piracy is the first book to survey the law of maritime piracy from both public law and commercial law perspectives, as well as providing a contextual overview of piracy in major hotspots. Topics covered include issues of international law, law-enforcement cooperation, private armed security, ransoms, insurance and carriage of goods by sea. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the range of legal issues presented by the modern piracy menace and will be of interest to scholars and practitioners alike.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849804842
• ISBN13: 9781849804844
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.