The law and practice of piracy at sea : European and international perspectives / edited by Panos Koutrakos and Achilles Skordas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The piracy provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea : fit for purpose? / Robin Churchill -- Piracy and terrorism / Douglas Guilfoyle -- Piracy and the use of force / Alexander Proelss -- Counter-piracy operations and the limits of international humanitarian law / Thilo Marauhn -- The European Union's comprehensive approach to combating piracy at sea : legal aspects / Ricardo Gosalbo-Bono and Sonja Boelaert -- Transfer agreements for pirates concluded by the EU : a case study on the human rights accountability of the Common Security and Defence Policy / Daniel Thym -- Countering piracy off the coast of Somalia : a NATO perspective / Peter M. Olson -- International law and U.S. responses to piracy off the coast of Somalia / Gabriel Swiney -- Piracy and the UK / Andrew Murdoch -- Fighting piracy : the German perspective / Doris Konig and Tim Rene Salomon -- Piracy and the East African Region / Edwin Egede -- The dark side of counter-piracy policies / Achilles Skordas -- Piracy in global law and global governance / Jan Klabbers -- Piracy and the development of international law / Malcolm D. Evans and Sofia Galani.