Accession Number:
ADA329162
Title:
Limits of Coast Guard Authority to Board Foreign Flag Vessels on the High Seas,
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.,
Corporate Author:
NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1997-04-29
Pagination or Media Count:
19.0
Abstract:
The essay addresses the authority of the U.S. Coast Guard to board foreign flag vessels on the high seas when the vessel is suspected of violating a U.S. law that applies extraterritorially. The essay discusses international law constraints, including freedom of navigation concerns, on the Coast Guards domestic authority, as well as policy implications of such actions.
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Subject Categories:
- Sociology and Law
- Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics