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7.2 Jurisdiction on the high seas
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7.2 Jurisdiction on the high seas
In general, the flag state, the state which has granted to a ship the right to sail under its flag, has the exclusive right to exercise legislative and enforcement jurisdiction over its ships on the high seas (Article 6 of the HSC and Article 92 of the LOSC). The fiction that a ship is a floating piece of territory is not now approved. The exclusiveness of the flag state’s jurisdiction is not, however,
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1998
Imprint Routledge-Cavendish
Pages 1
eBook ISBN 9781843143802
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