Klaus Kipling said:
In British English, the correct form is only hanged. Not that newsreaders and tv script writers or print journalists seem to know this. Tis vexing.... :twisted:
zozotroll said:
In america hung has a very different meaning that has nothing to do with punishment
Hi,
This is how my college English professor explained it to me.
aspqrz said:
And, in court, the IMB/Rand definition would ... be irrelevant.
The UNCLOS is International Law and would prevail.
With respect to the definition of piracy, the 1982 UNCLOS definition is a bit more complex than I previously referenced. Specifically, the text of the document, as found on the internet here (
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm) indicates that:
Article 100 - Duty to cooperate in the repression of piracy
All States shall cooperate to the fullest possible extent in the repression of piracy on the high seas or in any other place outside the jurisdiction of any State.
Article 101 - Definition of piracy
Piracy consists of any of the following acts:
(a) any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft, and directed:
(i) on the high seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on board such ship or aircraft;
(ii) against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any State;
(b) any act of voluntary participation in the operation of a ship or of an aircraft with knowledge of facts making it a pirate ship or aircraft;
(c) any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act described in subparagraph (a) or (b).
Article 102 - Piracy by a warship, government ship or government aircraft whose crew has mutinied
The acts of piracy, as defined in article 101, committed by a warship, government ship or government aircraft whose crew has mutinied and taken control of the ship or aircraft are assimilated to acts committed by a private ship or aircraft.
Article 103 - Definition of a pirate ship or aircraft
A ship or aircraft is considered a pirate ship or aircraft if it is intended by the persons in dominant control to be used for the purpose of committing one of the acts referred to in article 101. The same applies if the ship or aircraft has been used to commit any such act, so long as it remains under the control of the persons guilty of that act.
Article 104 - Retention or loss of the nationality of a pirate ship or aircraft
A ship or aircraft may retain its nationality although it has become a pirate ship or aircraft. The retention or loss of nationality is determined by the law of the State from which such nationality was derived.
Article 105 - Seizure of a pirate ship or aircraft
On the high seas, or in any other place outside the jurisdiction of any State, every State may seize a pirate ship or aircraft, or a ship or aircraft taken by piracy and under the control of pirates, and arrest the persons and seize the property on board. The courts of the State which carried out the seizure may decide upon the penalties to be imposed, and may also determine the action to be taken with regard to the ships, aircraft or property, subject to the rights of third parties acting in good faith.
Article 106 - Liability for seizure without adequate grounds
Where the seizure of a ship or aircraft on suspicion of piracy has been effected without adequate grounds, the State making the seizure shall be liable to the State the nationality of which is possessed by the ship or aircraft for any loss or damage caused by the seizure.
Article 107 - Ships and aircraft which are entitled to seize on account of piracy A seizure on account of piracy may be carried out only by warships or military aircraft, or other ships or aircraft clearly marked and identifiable as being on government service and authorized to that effect.
Anyway, the stuff above (particularly Article 101) suggests alot of potential things that would be considered piracy beyind just trying to capture a ship or cargo for money.
I suspect that a big issue with the UNCLOS definition of piracy (and as I understand it - one major difference in it and the RAND/IMB definition) revolves around the reference to its occuring "on the high seas" or "outside the jurisdiction of any State", however since "high seas" do not exist in Traveller in outer space, I would suspect that this would definitiely be an areas where the definition of piracy would likely evolve over the next 37 centuries.
Regards
PF
) which means, simply, if the system is uninhabited, it becomes instantly owned by the government that commissioned/registered the ship that first found it :wink: 
