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" The enemy of all : "
Daniel Heller-Roazen.
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BL
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1044793
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b799163
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Heller-Roazen, Daniel.
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The enemy of all : : piracy and the law of nations /\ Daniel Heller-Roazen.
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New York, N.Y. :: Zone Books ;Cambridge, Mass. :: Distributed by the MIT Press,, 2009.
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274 pages ;; 24 cm
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1890951943
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: 9781890951948
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-264) and index.
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| Contents
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Beyond the line -- Rumors of demise -- Along liquid paths -- Captures -- Greater empire -- Crossings -- Afloat -- Dialectic of the sea dogs -- Elder foes -- Younger antagonists -- Law of the sea camels -- Of iron cages and U-boots -- Justifying humanity -- Earth and sea -- Into the air -- Toward perpetual war.
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The pirate is the original enemy of humankind. As Cicero famously remarked, there are certain enemies with whom one may negotiate and with whom, circumstances permitting, one may establish a truce. But there is also an enemy with whom treaties are in vain and war remains incessant. This is the pirate, considered by ancient jurists to be "the enemy of all." In this book, Daniel Heller-Roazen reconstructs the shifting place of the pirate in legal and political thought from the ancient to the medieval, modern, and contemporary periods, presenting the philosophical genealogy of a remarkable antagonist. Today, Heller-Roazen argues, the pirate furnishes the key to the contemporary paradigm of the universal foe. This is a legal and political person of exception, neither criminal nor enemy, who inhabits an extra-territorial region. Against such a foe, states may wage extraordinary battles, policing politics and justifying military measures in the name of welfare and security.
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Hijacking of ships.
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Maritime terrorism.
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Piracy.
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Hijacking of ships.
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Hijacking of ships.
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International law.
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Maritime terrorism.
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Maritime terrorism.
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Piracy.
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Piracy.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.16/4
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HV6431.H418 2009
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Piracy and the law of nations
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