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Claiming Rights at Sea: Sovereign and Private Negotiations
Recent calamities of African and Asian migrants at sea have raised the public awareness of inadequacies in the existing maritime governance framework for delineating international and national responsibilities for safe passage and other issues of maritime commons. Leading maritime history and international relations scholars in Cambridge explore interactions among state and societal actors in providing order and rights for seafarers, and innovative diplomatic and legal approaches.