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Piracy
No full textA key points summary of a piracy lecture by Douglas Guilfoyle of University College London
An introduction to the use of force in public international law
No full textA introductory interview by Dr Douglas Guilfoyle in public international law including concepts such as non-intervention,prohibition on the use of force by states,use of self defence and authorisation to use force
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Shipping interdiction and the law of the sea /
No full textIn this comparative study of shipping interdiction, Douglas Guilfoyle considers the State action of stopping, searching and arresting foreign flag vessels and crew on the high seas in cases such as piracy, slavery, drug smuggling, fisheries management, migrant smuggling, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and maritime terrorism. Interdiction raises important questions of jurisdiction, including: how permission to board a foreign vessel is obtained; whether boarding State or flag State law applies during the interdiction (or whether both apply); and which State has jurisdiction to prosecute any crimes discovered. Rules on the use of force and protection of human rights, compensation for wrongful interdiction and the status of boarding State officers under flag State law are also examined. A unified and practical view is taken of the law applicable across existing interdiction regimes based on an extensive survey of state practice
Writers Talk Featuring Jay Douglas
No full textJay Douglas, author of Everything You Need to Write Great Essays, You Can Learn from Watching Movies, talks about how essays can be written like Hollywood cinema.The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/cstw12/WT_WCRS_08-27-11_JayDouglas.mp3Ohio State University. Center for the Study and Teaching of Writin
Douglas College Human Anatomy & Physiology I
No full textThis textbook is a project under development by our Biology faculty to ultimately provide students with all the factual information they need to succeed in the BIOL 1103 and BIOL 1109 courses at Douglas College in BC, Canada. The text focuses on directly addressing the Course Objectives defined for the 2 courses covering the most important concepts and aiming to minimize distracting students with more minor details.
The development choices for this textbook were made with the guidance of hundreds of faculty who are deeply involved in teaching this course. These choices led to innovations in art, terminology, career orientation, practical applications, and multimedia-based learning, all with a goal of increasing relevance to students. We strove to make the discipline meaningful and memorable to students, so that they can draw from it a working knowledge that will enrich their future studies.
Readers should be aware that the information herein is subject to change at any time as corrections, additions, or other important modifications are made. Only the most recent version will be considered to be complete and correct.
The material herein is drawn largely from the OpenStax Anatomy & Physiology textbook, also freely and perpetually available online at http://cnx.org/content/col11496/latest/. Chapter and section numbers have been left as they were in the version of the OpenStax A&P textbook from which they are drawn; some sections have been removed, and others have had some material added, to correspond with the curriculum used at Douglas College.publishe
Piracy and Maritime Terrorism Involving Autonomous Ships
No full textMaritime violence using autonomous or remotely controlled ships has been increasing in recent years. This shift has raised concerns regarding the adequacy of the international legal framework for combating piracy and maritime terrorism where such crimes involve autonomous or remotely controlled ships (MASS). The International Maritime Organization’s regulatory scoping exercise did not involve a comprehensive analysis of the implications of autonomous or remotely controlled ships for the international law on piracy and maritime terrorism. That exercise instead concluded that there are no significant legal issues in respect to maritime security for MASS, particularly as regards the 1988 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation. The law on piracy was not considered at all. Nonetheless, the legal issues relating to piracy and maritime terrorism arising from autonomous ships warrant scrutiny. The economic and human costs of reactive law-making are illustrated by the Achille Lauro incident, which later led to the creation of the first maritime terrorism convention. Waiting for a similar major piracy or terrorism incident involving an autonomous ship before embarking on a comprehensive examination of the relevant international law relating to piracy and maritime terrorism is deeply fraught. Against this background, this chapter examines the implications of autonomous ships for the laws of piracy and maritime terrorism
Lacking Conviction: Is the International Criminal Court Broken? An Organisational Failure Analysis
Get PDFThere is a widespread sense that something in the International Criminal Court (‘ICC’) needs fixing. This prompts questions including: is it broken, who is responsible, and how is it to be fixed? This article avoids the discourse of a ‘crisis in international criminal law’ in favour of the literature on organisational failure. This literature focuses on the role of environment, structure and leadership in organisational performance. In particular, this paper posits that the ICC is embroiled in a fiasco, defined as a situation in which a public organisation’s policy choices result in
unintended political consequences. As a fiasco unfolds, the organisation at its centre, and its defenders, may seek to ascribe responsibility or displace blame. This article thus: examines the case that the ICC is failing in its core mission and assesses whether common defences of the Court
fairly ascribe responsibility or constitute blame-displacement; and examines the extent to which the ICC’s leadership is responsible for the present fiasco. It then considers whether the ICC Assembly of States Parties can rehabilitate its supervisory function to assist in fixing the Court. Finally, it cautions against the use of managerialist techniques in fixing the Court and proposes instead the cultivation of an ethic of modesty
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