This book is a socio-legal study of counter-piracy. It takes as its case the law enforcement efforts after 2008 to suppress piracy off the coast of Somalia.
This book is a socio-legal study of counter-piracy. It takes as its case the law enforcement efforts after 2008 to suppress piracy off the coast of Somalia.
Jessica Larsen is a researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Inhaltsangabe
About the author Acknowledgements Preface 1 Introduction All things legal On existing studies of counter-piracy An ethnography of counter-piracy The methodological approach On related approaches Organisation of the book Literature 2 The law: legal debates on counter-piracy in the western Indian Ocean Definitions of piracy: narrow or broad? Locating jurisdiction, or the shall/may conundrum UN Security Council bolstering legal authority Piracy actors also have human rights Seychelles' codification of UNCLOS, and then some Concluding remarks Literature 3 The approach: 'Following the law' in practice Law as process The primacy of practice, counter-piracy's emergence The analytical building blocks 'Following the law' across key sites Ethnographic methods and ethical pointers Policies and laws as ethnographic data Concluding remarks Literature 4 The warship: maritime policing in the Indian Ocean The political mandate The ethnographic disappearance of law Deciding upon the sources to intercept Sources with a national 'filter' Regulation guiding constabulary tasks A gap in military police jurisdiction 'Urgent steps', or narrowing the gap Expanding 'urgent steps' in practice Concluding remarks Literature 5 The courtroom: piracy prosecution in Seychelles Characteristics of Seychelles' piracy trials Identifying the accused in court . . . . . . or defining the 'Pirate Action Group' Establishing common intention Using the 'wrong' section in the 'right' way The curious tendency of successful appeals Concluding remarks Literature 6 The implications: socio-legal conclusions on counter-piracy Policy implications of ethnographic findings Proving the illegal act of piracy Codifying UNCLOS articles in domestic law The warship's use of force The constabulary function of navies Human rights obligations The limitations of law enforcement Complementarity of the 'socio-' and the 'legal' Index
About the author Acknowledgements Preface 1 Introduction All things legal On existing studies of counter-piracy An ethnography of counter-piracy The methodological approach On related approaches Organisation of the book Literature 2 The law: legal debates on counter-piracy in the western Indian Ocean Definitions of piracy: narrow or broad? Locating jurisdiction, or the shall/may conundrum UN Security Council bolstering legal authority Piracy actors also have human rights Seychelles' codification of UNCLOS, and then some Concluding remarks Literature 3 The approach: 'Following the law' in practice Law as process The primacy of practice, counter-piracy's emergence The analytical building blocks 'Following the law' across key sites Ethnographic methods and ethical pointers Policies and laws as ethnographic data Concluding remarks Literature 4 The warship: maritime policing in the Indian Ocean The political mandate The ethnographic disappearance of law Deciding upon the sources to intercept Sources with a national 'filter' Regulation guiding constabulary tasks A gap in military police jurisdiction 'Urgent steps', or narrowing the gap Expanding 'urgent steps' in practice Concluding remarks Literature 5 The courtroom: piracy prosecution in Seychelles Characteristics of Seychelles' piracy trials Identifying the accused in court . . . . . . or defining the 'Pirate Action Group' Establishing common intention Using the 'wrong' section in the 'right' way The curious tendency of successful appeals Concluding remarks Literature 6 The implications: socio-legal conclusions on counter-piracy Policy implications of ethnographic findings Proving the illegal act of piracy Codifying UNCLOS articles in domestic law The warship's use of force The constabulary function of navies Human rights obligations The limitations of law enforcement Complementarity of the 'socio-' and the 'legal' Index
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