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

United States of America.  19 March 2012 ; 24 May 2013 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

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

Type
Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2014

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