Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Editor: Natalino Ronzitti -- Preface / Natalino Ronzitti -- List of Contributors / Editor: Natalino Ronzitti -- The Law of the Sea and the Use of Force Against Terrorist Activities / Natalino Ronzitti -- Measures Against Terrorist Acts Under International Law / Giorgio Gaja -- States’ Agreements with Terrorists in order to save Hostages: Non-Binding, Void or Justified by Necessity? / Giorgio Sacerdoti -- Piracy, Terrorism, and the Insurgent Passenger A Historical and Legal Perspective / Samuel Pyeatt Menefee -- The Rome Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation / Tullio Treves -- The Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism Against Fixed Platforms on the Continental Shelf / Natalino Ronzitti -- Compensation for Victims of Maritime Terrorism / Umberto Leanza and Luigi Sico -- Legal Proceedings Arising from The Achille Lauro Incident in the United States of America / L. F. E. Goldie -- Excursus on the Current State of the Admiralty Law on Wrongful Death in the United States of America / L. F. E. Goldie -- Back Matter -- Appendix I 1988 Rome Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation / Editor: Natalino Ronzitti -- Appendix II 1988 Rome Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf / Editor: Natalino Ronzitti -- Appendix III Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York / Ramsey Clark -- Appendix IV Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York / Zuhdi Labib Terzi -- Appendix V Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York / Joseph Ascione and Jay D. Fischer -- Appendix VI United States Department of State / Abraham D. Sofaer -- Selected Bibliography / Editor: Natalino Ronzitti -- Index / Editor: Natalino Ronzitti.

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