Why pirates are back

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages 361-385

  Dawdy, Shannon Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

intellectual piracy; Sea piracy; Somalia; South China Sea; sovereignty

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155126096     PISSN: 15503585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-102510-105433     Document Type: Review

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