Law and Practice of Piracy at Sea

Panos Koutrakos is Professor of European Union Law at City University London. Achilles Skordas is Professor of International Law at the University of Bristol.

• Introduction Panos Koutrakos and Achilles SkordasPart I: Piracy and International Norms1 The Piracy Provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea— Fit for Purpose? Robin Churchill2 Piracy and Terrorism Douglas Guilfoyle3 Piracy and the Use of Force Alexander Proelss4 Counter-piracy Operations and the Limits of International Humanitarian Law Thilo MarauhnPart II: National, Regional and International Approaches5 The European Union’s Comprehensive Approach to Combating Piracy at Sea: Legal Aspects Ricardo Gosalbo-Bono and Sonja Boelaert6 Transfer Agreements for Pirates Concluded by the EU—a Case Study on the Human Rights Accountability of the Common Security and Defence Policy Daniel Thym7 Countering Piracy off the Coast of Somalia: A NATO Perspective Peter M Olson8 International Law and US Responses to Piracy off the Coast of Somalia Gabriel Swiney9 Piracy and the UK Andrew Murdoch10 Fighting Piracy—The German Perspective Doris König and Tim René Salomon11 Piracy and the East African Region Edwin Egede12 Alternative Approaches to Piracy and Armed Robbery in Southeast Asian Waters and off the Horn of Africa: A Comparative Perspective David M OngPart III: Rethinking the Main Tenets of Counter-piracy Approaches13 The Dark Side of Counter-piracy Policies Achilles Skordas14 Piracy in Global Law and Global Governance Jan Klabbers15 Piracy and the Development of International Law Malcolm D Evans and Sofi a Galani

… an excellent contribution to the existing academic literature on maritime piracy…some of the book’s chapters address issues of regional and national counter-piracy law and policy, which have not been comprehensively discussed by any previously published piracy materials…the book is extremely thorough and provides an excellent overall picture of the problems linked to the recent rise of maritime piracy. Its general comprehensiveness – the fact that it addresses most relevant topics of international law related to piracy, and that it also provides a unique level of detail about various regional and national counter-piracy approaches – transforms this book from a mediocre contribution to the existing literature on maritime piracy to a stellar discussion of existing anti-piracy efforts. Anyone wishing to learn more about the global problem of maritime piracy would benefit from reading this book.