Maritime Interception and the Law of Naval Operations A Study of Leg
This book considers the international law applicable to maritime interception operations (MIO) conducted on the high seas and within the context of international peace and security, MIO being a much-used naval operational activity employed within the enti
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Martin Fink
Maritime Interception and the Law of Naval Operations
Martin Fink
Maritime Interception and the Law of Naval Operations A Study of Legal Bases and Legal Regimes in Maritime Interception Operations
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Martin Fink Royal Netherlands Navy The Hague The Netherlands
ISBN 978-94-6265-248-4 ISBN 978-94-6265-249-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-249-1
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Acknowledgements
This study on maritime interception operations and international law is the result of my doctoral thesis, which I finished in 2016 at the University of Amsterdam. That thesis could not have been finished without the guidance and patience of my supervisor professor Terry Gill. I was privileged that I was given the opportunity to learn from him and study the international law of military operations under his wings. As a legal officer in the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Navy provided me with the much wanted and needed experience to understand the real world of military operations. But it also gave me a reason and a basis for my academic explorations. I was lucky enough that the Royal Netherlands Navy allowed me to spend time overseas on military operations and in the academic arena, a combination that has been the fruitful soil for this book. Looking back at the process of ultimately finishing this study, two additional reasons have made it possible. The first is that I simply enjoyed writing this book. As a labor of solace, giving me some satisfaction when adventures were too far beyond the horizon for me to see them. Second, and much more important, I was given the opportunity and time to actually write it. Because Emilie, throughout all the stages of the process, was there to command our ship, even more so when our ship grew out to become a fleet of one heavy cruiser surrounded by many small destroyers, who all wanted to sail their own course. And if writing my thesis was not enough,
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