Prosecuting Maritime Piracy

Part I. Defining the Crime of Piracy and Establishing Jurisdiction over the Crime of Piracy: 1. The governing international law on maritime piracy Sandra Lynn Hodgkinson; 2. The incorporation of international law to define piracy crimes, national laws, and the definition of piracy Sandra Lynn Hodgkinson; 3. Exercising universal jurisdiction over piracy Ved P. Nanda; 4. Incorporating international law to establish jurisdiction: a comparative examination of the laws of the Netherlands, South Korea, Tanzania, India, and Kenya Milena Sterio; Part II. The Pursuit, Arrest, and Pre-Trial Treatment of Pirates: 5. The use of force against pirates Laurie R. Blank; 6. The use of force by private parties against suspected pirates Mark V. Vlasic and Jeffrey DeSousa; 7. Transfer of suspected and convicted pirates Frederick Lorenz and Laura Eshbach; 8. Pirates' right to a speedy trial Milena Sterio; Part III. Legal Issues in Domestic Pirate Trials: 9. Evidentiary issues in piracy prosecutions Frederick Lorenz and Kelly Paradis; 10. Piracy and the problem of 'command responsibility' Michael A. Newton; 11. The issue of juvenile piracy Jon Bellish; Part IV. Sentencing and Post-Sentence Treatment of Convicted Pirates: 12. The problems of pirate punishment Eugene Kontorovich; 13. The potential for asylum seeking by convicted pirates Yvonne M. Dutton; 14. Conclusion Michael P. Scharf.