MARITIME PIRACY AS AN INTERNATIONAL CRIME. DIFFERENTIATION FROM SIMILAR CRIMES UNDER THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW Cover Image

МОРСКОТО ПИРАТСТВО КАТО МЕЖДУНАРОДНО ПРЕСТЪПЛЕНИЕ. РАЗГРАНИЧЕНИЕ ОТ СХОДНИ ПРЕСТЪПЛЕНИЯ ПО НАЦИОНАЛНОТО НАКАЗАТЕЛНО ПРАВО
MARITIME PIRACY AS AN INTERNATIONAL CRIME. DIFFERENTIATION FROM SIMILAR CRIMES UNDER THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW

Author(s): Iva Pushkarova
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Law and Transitional Justice, Philosophy of Law, Maritime Law, Commercial Law, Court case, Comparative Law, Roman law
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: piracy; international crime; robbery; terrorism; sea crime; universal jurisdiction

Summary/Abstract: The international crime of piracy often presents a number of complications related to its perpetration in various and continuous forms and together with other crimes and recognition of the applicable law. The paper outlines its general legal and criminological characteristics, provides criteria for its legal qualification and differentiation from robbery, maritime crimes, war crimes, terrorism and other crimes and some insights on its development as a criminal phenomenon.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 456-472
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Bulgarian
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