Modern maritime piracy: The anti-piracy professionals’ consciousness of the hard and soft law regulating anti-piracy operations.
(2017) RÄSM02 20151Department of Sociology of Law
- Abstract
- This masters’ thesis in Sociology of Law is a study on the legal consciousness of state agents and private individuals working in the anti-piracy domain. The aim of the research is to examine the anti-piracy professionals’ level of training in and awareness of relevant laws. Understanding that the applicable hard and soft anti-piracy law is complex, and depicting the current level of legal training and awareness of anti-piracy professionals, are the first steps to be taken in order to reform their training, if needed, and result in a better awareness of law.
In order to explain this complexity of laws regulating anti-piracy, the legal pluralism theory, namely Menski’s kite model with its four corners of lawmaking sources - nature;... (More) - This masters’ thesis in Sociology of Law is a study on the legal consciousness of state agents and private individuals working in the anti-piracy domain. The aim of the research is to examine the anti-piracy professionals’ level of training in and awareness of relevant laws. Understanding that the applicable hard and soft anti-piracy law is complex, and depicting the current level of legal training and awareness of anti-piracy professionals, are the first steps to be taken in order to reform their training, if needed, and result in a better awareness of law.
In order to explain this complexity of laws regulating anti-piracy, the legal pluralism theory, namely Menski’s kite model with its four corners of lawmaking sources - nature; society; state law; and international law and human rights law - is applied. The research methods used are: survey research; in-depth interviews; and content analysis of documents. (Less)
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- author
- Tsiachris, Christos LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- RÄSM02 20151
- year
- 2017
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- hard law, Menski’s kite model, legal pluralism, legal consciousness, maritime piracy, anti-piracy, soft law, social norms.
- language
- English
- id
- 8909269
- date added to LUP
- 2017-06-15 11:43:42
- date last changed
- 2017-06-15 11:43:42
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