Counter-Piracy Law in Practice: An Ethnography of International Security Governance

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Jessica Larsen (Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark.)

Counter-Piracy Law in Practice

An Ethnography of International Security Governance

Jessica Larsen (Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark.)

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English

Routledge
08 October 2024

Police & security services; International relations; Warfare & defence; International law; International maritime law

This book is a socio-legal study of counter-piracy. It takes as its case the law enforcement efforts after 2008 to suppress piracy off the coast of Somalia.

Through ethnographic fieldwork, the book invites the reader onto a Danish warship patrolling the western Indian Ocean for piracy incidents and into the courtroom in Seychelles, where more than 150 suspects were prosecuted. The aim is to understand how counter-piracy worked in practice. The book uses assemblage theory to approach law as a social process and places emphasis on studying empirical enforcement practices over analysing legal provisions. This supplements existing scholarship on the legal aspects of counter-piracy. Scholarship has mainly examined applicable law governing counter-piracy. This book steps into the field to examine applied law. Its methodology renders visible areas of legal ambiguity and identifies practices that suggest impunity and question legal certainty. It thus contributes with new policy-relevant knowledge for international security governance. The relevance is one of urgency. Counter-piracy off Somalia has served as a governance paradigm, which is replicated in other maritime domains. Consideration of the implications for policy is therefore needed.

The book will be of interest to policy-makers, security practitioners and scholars who share a methodological commitment to practice.

By: Jessica Larsen (Danish Institute for International Studies Denmark.)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9781032226774
ISBN 10: 1032226773
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 08 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jessica Larsen is a researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen, Denmark.