Larry Rutkowski, Bruce Paulsen, and Jon Stoian co-authored an article, “Mugged Twice?: Payment of Ransom on the High Seas” that appears in the American University Law Review Volume 59, Number 5.

June 1, 2010

Mugged Twice?: Payment of Ransom on the High Seas

The article examines the legality, under U.S. law, of paying ransom to pirates in order to release a vessel and its crew from unlawful detention.