标题：Small Boats, Weak States, Dirty Money: Piracy and Maritime Terrorism in the Modern World," Martin N. Murphy, (New York: Columbia University Press, 2009)
摘要：Piracy is headline news. Internationally, maritime nations are struggling to find ways to effectively respond to a growing renaissance in illicit activ-ity at sea that began in the last quarter of the twentieth century. In this book, Martin Murphy asks three questions: What is the form of contem-porary piracy; what is maritime terrorism; and are these two similar or linked. He attempts to give precision to contested concepts, such as piracy, maritime terrorism, and organized crime. For example, the confu-sion surrounding piracy begins with definitions. The United Nations Law of the Sea Convention (UNCLOS) defines piracy as acts carried out on the high seas for private ends. This definition clouds the issue by excluding incidents that are state-sponsored, e.g., the 1975 seizure of SS Mayaguez. Further, the majority of incidents occur not on the high seas but in waters under the jurisdiction of "weak states," i.e., states unable or unwilling to protect life and property from predation. At issue is a lack of effective jurisdiction
