PIRACY IN LIGHT OF MARINE INSURANCE LAW WITH A VIEW OF RANSOM PAYMENTS

Authors

  • Dino Gliha legal tranee, Zagreb, Croatia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30925/zpfsr.39.2.5

Keywords:

marine insurance; piracy; definition of piracy; maritime perils; ransom payments

Abstract

After the 2008 Somali attacks, piracy has gained significant popularity among scholars. However, despite lots of ongoing debates and written papers in the last decade, some crucial issues have been left unresolved, starting from the definition of piracy. When discussing piracy within the context of marine insurance, certain specific characteristics of marine insurance law should be taken into
consideration. Namely, international law definition, criminal law definition and other definitions of piracy cannot properly satisfy the need of marine insurance law. After the proper understanding of piracy within marine insurance law is determined, there are some other important issues that need to be discussed. Certainly, one is categorization of piracy as a peril. Question whether piracy is a marine peril or a war peril? Further on, one of the most discussed issue of modern piracy are ransom payments. Can they even be considered legal? If yes, are they recoverable from marine insurers and on which basis? Answers to previously mentioned questions will be given in the following paper.

Additional Files

Published

2020-11-11

How to Cite

Gliha, D. (2020). PIRACY IN LIGHT OF MARINE INSURANCE LAW WITH A VIEW OF RANSOM PAYMENTS. Collected Papers of the Law Faculty of the University of Rijeka, 39(2), 833–853. https://doi.org/10.30925/zpfsr.39.2.5

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 2 (2018): Collected papers of the Law Faculty of the University of Rijeka

Section

ARTICLES

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