Law of the sea

The legal external environment, related to the international and national laws, may affect the cruise industry. Cruise companies often try to avoid legal factors such as national taxes and labour laws by registering their organisation and cruise liners in foreign countries with a weak political environment, such as Panama, the Bahamas, and Liberia (Burke, 2009). This is often stated as the ‘flag of convenience’. This frequently results in employees of cruises being underpaid, mistreated and they…

Introduction: The pacific sea otter, known as the heaviest members of the Weasel family, is a keystone species living in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Japan, Russia, America, Canada and Mexico. It’s current population, is estimated to be just over 106,000 worldwide, with just over 3,000 in California. These aquatic mammals are currently under threat of extinction. Through scientific knowledge and understanding of the sea otter, protection laws have been put into place to create for design…

My paper’s topic will be focused on the historical context of China and its maritime disputes in the South and East China Sea, particularly with the ongoing dispute between the Spratly, Paracel Islands in the South China Sea and Diaoyo/Senkaku Island in the East China Sea. Currently, there are six countries that lay overlapping claims to these islands, an area that is rich in natural resources and worth trillions of dollars of global trade flow. As China seeks to expand its maritime presence in…

some parts of present day Spain and the islands of the western Mediterranean Sea (Morey, 1901). Initially Carthage was a colony of Tyre and she got her independence at around 650 BC (Morey, 1901). Just like Carthage, Rome was a super power of her time. She grew out of the Roman republic and through conquests and negotiations, she become an empire. Economically, Carthage derived her power by her position in the Mediterranean Sea. She was situated the center of the region. As stated by Morey, “She…

people in the Arctic have very little control over what is happening within their environment and the governing bodies in place are not adequately prepared to deal with it. The biggest contender for change is the force driving the quest for oil as the sea ice melts. However, taking a look at recent history, oil companies tend to take the least responsibility when things go wrong in the environment. Specifically looking at the British Petroleum oil spill of 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, spanning 87…

through army after army the British Continental allies had. The British upheld the seas around the continent though. This created and impasse between the British and French for direct assault. Another warfare tactic was needed. So resorting to commercial warfare is what they did in attempt to damage one another’s economies.…

As stated by the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, the world is covered by seventy-two percent of water, nearly one hundred and forty million square miles of the earth . Waterways have allowed the exchange of food, customs, languages, ideas, and migration of peoples to be possible. The seas have not only led to the widespread global human occupation of land but also assist in sustaining human presence, through…

In this article, “Rationality, Pirates, and the Law: A Retrospective”, the author, Peter T. Leeson, discusses the legal changes that brought Caribbean piracy in the 1720s to an end, and their overall effectiveness. In the article he also discusses the pirates response to these legal changes. The different topics that he is recounting allows him to use the information that he gathers to use the law to address present day pirates. The author is able to effectively gather this information by…

went back to the castle, and the next night, Marina told Tyde her plan. Marina would go down and bargain with the Sea Witch, get a potion to switch Tyde and Hali, and then bring Hali up to the beach. Then, Hali would be told the whole story and Tyde would live the rest of his life with Marina and the other merpeople. The next day, Marina went down to the Sea Witch’s castle. The Sea Witch was a difficult person to bargain with, but in the end, she agreed. Marina, however, would have to give…

Cassiopeia of Ethiopia and her Father, Cepheus, an Aethiopian king declaring to allthe land that their daughter was the most beautful creature on the planet. Even more beautiful than the Nereids, which are sea nympths blessed with immense beauty. Poseidon, God of the Sea was furious that his sea nympths were called less beautiful than a pitiful mortal and punished Cassiopeia for her insolence. Posedion…