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SEA PIRACY- THE LEGAL LACUNA
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Author(s):
MRS. MEENU
Vol - 8, Issue- 4 ,
Page(s) : 183 - 189
(2017 )
DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH
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Abstract
Sea Piracy, in its original and strict meaning, is every unauthorized act of violence committed by a private vessel against another vessel with intent to plunder (animo furandi). A pirate has always been considered outlaw, a hostis humani generis. According to international law the act of piracy makes the pirate lose the protection of his home state, his national character; and his vessel, or aircraft, although it may formerly have possessed a claim to sail under a certain state’s flag. Piracy jure gentium is an ‘international crime’
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