Douglas Guilfoyle is a lecturer at University College London, where he teaches in public law and public international law.

Review of the hardback: '… Douglas Guilfoyle has shed considerable light on an area that has been somewhat neglected … the book achieves its aims unreservedly … extremely well written … highly accessible throughout … This volume constitutes an outstanding contribution to the current corpus of literature on the modern law of the sea and appears set to constitute the cornerstone publication on this area of the law for a considerable period of time.' Journal of International Maritime Law

• Part I. General Principles: 1. Introduction: policing the oceans; 2. Basic principles of maritime jurisdiction; Part II. Interdiction and Maritime Policing: 3. General introduction to Part II; 4. Piracy and the slave trade; 5. Drug trafficking; 6. Fisheries management; 7. Unauthorized broadcasting on the high seas; 8. Transnational crime: migrant smuggling and human trafficking; 9. Maritime counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; Part III. The General Law of Interdiction: 10. Interdiction: modalities and international law standards; 11. National jurisdiction and immunities during interdictions; 12. International responsibility and settlement of claims; 13. General conclusions: a law of interdiction?

Douglas Guilfoyle is a lecturer at University College London, where he teaches in public law and public international law.

Review of the hardback: '… Douglas Guilfoyle has shed considerable light on an area that has been somewhat neglected … the book achieves its aims unreservedly … extremely well written … highly accessible throughout … This volume constitutes an outstanding contribution to the current corpus of literature on the modern law of the sea and appears set to constitute the cornerstone publication on this area of the law for a considerable period of time.' Journal of International Maritime Law

• Part I. General Principles: 1. Introduction: policing the oceans; 2. Basic principles of maritime jurisdiction; Part II. Interdiction and Maritime Policing: 3. General introduction to Part II; 4. Piracy and the slave trade; 5. Drug trafficking; 6. Fisheries management; 7. Unauthorized broadcasting on the high seas; 8. Transnational crime: migrant smuggling and human trafficking; 9. Maritime counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; Part III. The General Law of Interdiction: 10. Interdiction: modalities and international law standards; 11. National jurisdiction and immunities during interdictions; 12. International responsibility and settlement of claims; 13. General conclusions: a law of interdiction?

Douglas Guilfoyle is a lecturer at University College London, where he teaches in public law and public international law.

Review of the hardback: '… Douglas Guilfoyle has shed considerable light on an area that has been somewhat neglected … the book achieves its aims unreservedly … extremely well written … highly accessible throughout … This volume constitutes an outstanding contribution to the current corpus of literature on the modern law of the sea and appears set to constitute the cornerstone publication on this area of the law for a considerable period of time.' Journal of International Maritime Law

• Part I. General Principles: 1. Introduction: policing the oceans; 2. Basic principles of maritime jurisdiction; Part II. Interdiction and Maritime Policing: 3. General introduction to Part II; 4. Piracy and the slave trade; 5. Drug trafficking; 6. Fisheries management; 7. Unauthorized broadcasting on the high seas; 8. Transnational crime: migrant smuggling and human trafficking; 9. Maritime counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; Part III. The General Law of Interdiction: 10. Interdiction: modalities and international law standards; 11. National jurisdiction and immunities during interdictions; 12. International responsibility and settlement of claims; 13. General conclusions: a law of interdiction?