Preview

Pest Analyses

Powerful Essays
Open Document
Open Document
4033 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Pest Analyses
LITERATURE REVIEW.

There are so many definitions about piracy but international and customary treaty defines it as said by ademun odeke. (2011), Customary and international treaty laws define and classify piracy under four main categories. However, Somali piracy has risen numerous and hitherto unfamiliar issues. First, is the unique nature of the piracy; unlike anything known before and which has taken the international community by surprise. Second, are the unique underlying causes, outlined above? Thirdly, its detrimental consequences to international trade, maritime transport, maritime security and world peace? Finally, its bold challenges to established international law and existing world order calls for a review of the international position. Owing to the strategic location of its occurrence, Somali piracy has been catapulted to one of the major international crises of this decade, after the 2007 – 2009 global recession (the Credit Crunch) and international terrorism. Briefly, Somali piracy is not piracy in the ordinary sense of the word at all. It is a sophisticated internationally orchestrated business, employing equally organized international criminality. The shortcoming of those waging war against this mutant piracy is to employ methods designed against ordinary classical piracy of 300 – 400 years ago. Even this analysis is probably rather simplistic for such a complex problem. Although intended to provide a scenario of the piracy as understandable and mitigating reaction by some Somalis to events giving rise to the piracy, it might be misinterpreted as justifying the piracy. In the meantime something had to be done despite the continuing debate. Ademun Odeke. (2011). Piracies have been in existence for a very long time now causing negative impacts to maritime trade. Somalia pirates are the most deadly and violent at sea and they operate, as said by Middleton (2008) alarming rate and threaten to drastically

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    In the article, You Are Being Lied to About Pirates by Johann Hari, Hari conveys that the image of pirates has been villainized by governments throughout the ages while the very same governments provided the conditions that drive them to piracy. The article begins by explaining that during the gold age of piracy, the majority of men only had two options when it came to employment. It was either become a merchant or be forced to endure the unjustly working conditions of the Navy, which often times resulted in them getting cheated of their wages. So, as an act or rebellion, sailors would rebel, take over the ship, elect a new caption, and equally disperse evenly any profit made, amongst the entire crew. They collectively decide as a group about…

    • 267 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    American Piracy Dbq

    • 1075 Words
    • 5 Pages

    The pertinent legal question for many of the trials prior to the war was at what point did acting outside a captain’s privateer commission constitute piracy? Since privateer commissions specifically restricted hostile acts to enemies of the crown, the common practice during the seventeenth century of attacking neutral ships or trading allies were technically acts of piracy, despite the general acceptance returning pirates received from home ports. However, when pirates commenced their illegal activities after the conclusion of hostilities with France and Spain, they were no longer satisfied with praying on vessels in the South Sea as had the previous generation of sea rovers. As English pirates turned there felonious endeavors to English ships, carrying English goods, the murky legality of their actions became quite clear; they were pirates plain and simple. As such, the instances of innocent men hanging in the gallows became less frequent. Yet it is important for modern readers to remember that a man can be guilty of a crime and still improperly tryed, convicted and executed. It is in this way that we must examine the piracy trials occurring after 1713 to discover the continuation of judicial procedural…

    • 1075 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Privateering cannot be justified upon the principles of Virtue; though I know it is not repugnant to The Laws of Nations, but rather deemed policy amongst warring powers thus to distress each other, regardless of the suffering of the individual. But however agreeable to, and supportable by the rights of war; yet, when individuals come thus to despoil individuals of their property, 'tis hard: the cruelty then appears, however, political.…

    • 983 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Pirates in Colonial America

    • 5065 Words
    • 21 Pages

    During the eighteenth century, piracy began ruling the waters surrounding the American colonies. For many people piracy adds an exciting thrill to maritime history with its adventure, romanticism, mysteriousness, and its alluring nature. However, piracy is just the practice of a pirate: these pirates conducted robbery or illegal violence at sea; violence and crimes that killed, hurt, and affected the lives of others.1 Legally, crime is broken into three different parts: mens rea, the mental state of mind the criminal had during the crime; actus reus, the acts that are criminally committed; and locus, when and where the crime happened.2 These three things made the task of classifying a pirate as a criminal an extremely difficult one because the acts committed were inconsistent and the location of the crime was even less consistent; but colonists knew they were criminals. Piracy implied challenges to the law because kept themselves away from states’ jurisdiction, but that was going to change.3 Pirates were criminals and their actions were villainous and they needed to be punished for their wrong doing. They were following the very definition of crime with their acts of mutiny, destruction, and robbery.4 Pirates were a cause of chaos in Maritime History during the beginning of America, especially in the New England colonies, and religious authority used social and moral reasons to stop them.…

    • 5065 Words
    • 21 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    For twenty-four years the acts of piracy off the coastlines of Somalia have been the greatest concern of the international community with its ever growing fear of threat to international shipping. Within these concerns comes the heated debated as to why these acts of piracy began. Many believe that the absence of government and the lack of natural resources have played a major role, along with the illegally fishing and dumping of toxins in the waters of Somalia. With the ongoing plague of war since the 1980s, Somalia has become one of the most underdeveloped and chaotic countries in the world. Due to these hardships many of the countries individuals who have been displeased with the current status quo have turned to piracy to improve their…

    • 299 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Ap Govt Issues

    • 4302 Words
    • 18 Pages

    The following chapter focuses on just one piracy problem: that found off the coast of Somalia, especially in the Gulf of Aden. This area has seen the largest share of global piracy attacks in recent years, and the problem appears to be growing. Somalia is not the only area of the world affected by maritime piracy, however. The Gulf of Guinea in West Africa has long been a high risk area, as are the waters along Bangladesh and the South China Sea. But in 2009, more than half the global piracy attacks were ascribed to Somali pirates. Until recently, piracy was a phenomenon in decline. Twenty-first century piracy was first seen in the South China Sea and in the Malacca Straits. 3 Attacks peaked at roughly 350 to 450 reported attacks per year during the period 2000-2004, and then dropped by almost half in 2005.4 This reduction was attributed to effective and coordinated international action against the pirates. But in 20082009, piracy again skyrocketed, due almost entirely to the dramatic increase of piracy off the Coast of Somalia. Piracy is once again on the forefront of the international community’s attention, as maritime trade is threatened and ransom payments to Somali pirates have risen to the millions of dollars.…

    • 4302 Words
    • 18 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Better Essays

    Foreign piracy is an act of robbery at sea. Captain Richard Phillips’ (Tom Hanks) fear was building up as he was approaching to take his crew around the horn of Africa, the most dangerous part of the sea. Once the crew has gotten all aboard and situated they set sail for Kenya to deliver cargo. Before they set sail, Captain Richard Phillips makes security checks by looking at the…

    • 1513 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Piracy's Golden Age

    • 905 Words
    • 4 Pages

    To a large extent, the “Golden Age” of piracy had provided hope for a better life to those who embraced it. The Golden Age was between 1680-1730 and this saw an increase in piracy numbers. Many of these men had previous sea experience as merchant seamen or as Royal Navy sailors. The religious cold war between Protestant and Catholic had brought opportunity for quick gains from plunder and on pirate ships, egalitarianism had provided equal and fair democracy for pirates. These factors would have been crucial in persuading previous seamen into a life of piracy.…

    • 905 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    When the privateers inevitably became pirates due to the promise of wealth, the countries had responded with their navies to fight the people they once gave the Letter of Marque. This didn’t work well as pirates would be on islands and ambush them, so they employed ex-privateers who went back to their countries to become ‘pirate hunters’. This also didn’t work because the pirates would use guerrilla tactics to destroy the pirate hunters. Therefore governors started giving pardons, however this did start to work as pirates could keep their wealth with no chance of it being taken. The Golden Age of Piracy only lasted for a decade, as the infamous pirates were either killed or got the king’s pardon, however this decade had a put such a strain on the economy of European countries that the West Indies and East Indies trade were almost destroyed due to the pirates around this…

    • 906 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Many of the pirate captains were European renegades who abandoned Christianity and their native countries to join the ranks of the pirates. Tunis was just one of the cities that promoted piracy and facilitated the selling of stolen goods. The shipping of the venetians was so damaged that they were “forced to ask the sultan himself to intervene when an English corsair robbed ‘the Consul of the Republic and many other rich merchants’” ( Tinniswood 31). The English culture once had used piracy against other nations they were at war with or…

    • 1113 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Piracy In The Middle Ages

    • 1624 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Ali Rami WRLD HST Mrs. Bucher 02/05/2015 Piracy in the Middle Ages Piracy is the act of robbery or criminal violence on and around the high sea. The term can and is not limited to include any acts committed on land, in the air, in large bodies of water or on a shore. Piracy does not normally include the crimes committed against people traveling on the same vehicle as the possible criminal. The term, “Piracy” has been used throughout history as a reference to land-raids committed by non-state agents. Piracy or pirating is also the name of a crime preformed under customary international law and may also be used as the name of a number of crimes that have been committed under the municipal law of a number of states.…

    • 1624 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Pirates are different than what most people think. Most of what is known is made up in stories. Here are some facts and important dates that probably aren't know about pirates. First of all, to know what piracy was really like background knowledge on some important events that changed history is needed. The age that holds most of these events is the Golden Age of Piracy. This started in the 16th century. The Golden Age is when piracy really caught on. People would pay for the pirates pirate ships in return for 10% of the plunder. Around 1609 “Morocco became a new center for piracy” as stated in source 2 Pirate History. In 1671 Buccaneers captured pamina and they fought in the war of the spanish succession in 1701-1714. After the american revolution the U. S.…

    • 551 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    The Golden Age of Piracy is the subject of many Hollywood films. One of the most popular film series in recent years is the series Pirates of the Caribbean. But how accurately does the movie capture the Golden Age of Piracy that spanned from the 1650’s to the 1730’s? In order to answer this question, my team of researchers and I examined how accurately Jack Sparrow was portrayed, the myths and superstitions, the weapons, and the pirate code used in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. The movie is about a pirate named Captain Jack Sparrow who arrives alone at Port Royal in Jamaica. Later that evening, the town is ransacked and attacked by a pirate ship called the Black Pearl, which is run by dead ghosts, and they kidnap the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth, who owns a valuable coin that transforms the pirates on the Black Pearl into the undead. The pirates promise never to return to Port Royal again if she gives them the coin, so she does, and a blacksmith named William Turner teams up with Jack Sparrow to save Elizabeth. After our research, we all agree that as a whole, the movie series Pirates of the Caribbean accurately portrays the Golden Age of Piracy.…

    • 2639 Words
    • 11 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Golden Age Of Piracy

    • 449 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Pirates are people who trespassed another’s business rights also known as robbers, where they trade goods without permission.(1)The history of piracy dates back more than 3000 years ago, it appears that the word pirate(peirato) was first used in about 140 BC by the Roman historian Polybius.(2)He described pirates as those who attack without legal authority.(2)The Jolly Roger flag was made to be scary with a skull and a black background.(3)As many think, pirates were the cause of war between the Persians and the Greeks.(5)Between the 17th and 18th century,Port Royal in Jamaica was one of the most popular pirate ports was also known as “The Golden Age of Piracy”.(6) St. Mary’s island was one of the most common places where pirates meet which is in the Northeast coast of Madagascar.(6)…

    • 449 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Global Crime

    • 764 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Global crime is a serious threat to our global community. Every year global crime gets worst. Our advancements in technology not only helps and betters us, it also helps and betters global crime. I will discuss two of the major global crimes drug trade and piracy.…

    • 764 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays