Institute of Cetacean Research and Others v. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Others. (2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Editors: Lauterpacht, Elihu; Greenwood, Christopher; Lee, Karen
• Is Part Of: International law reports. Volume 156(2014)
• Page Start: 718
• Page End: 763
• Publication Date: 2014
• Subjects: Sea -- Comity -- Territory; United States of America; International law -- Cases -- Periodicals; Treaties -- Periodicals; 341.0268
• DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107416024.014
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0309-0671

Abstract

Abstract : 718 Sea — Piracy — Definition — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982, Article 101 — Geneva Convention on the High Seas, 1958, Article 15 — International Maritime Organization's International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 — Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988 — Use of violence for private ends a requirement of piracy — Meaning — Whether private ends confined to financial gain — Whether violence confined to attacks against people — Environmentalist protests against whaling — Disruption of whaling fleet Comity — Respect for judgments of foreign courts — Injunction granted by Australian court regarding whaling in the Antarctic — Whether comity requiring United States court to support injunction — United States not recognizing Australian claims in Antarctic Territory — Antarctic — Australian claim to maritime territory in Antarctic — Australian Whaling Sanctuary in Antarctic — Claims not recognized by United States — The law of the United States