Abstract

Laws governing piracy has been evolving during historical periods. Pirates as human enemies have been undisputed theme of common international laws and most of the international treaties. The reason why piracy could be the most continuous historical phenomena in more than two thousand years is that it is in link with the other factor which is, in turn, in continuity during the history and it is nothing but violence. During the centuries, piracy has faced tolerance and even in some cases circumstantial satisfaction of political societies and in the next step the governments. Even in some cases it was used to set the relations of power. At the time of the rule of Elizabeth I in England piracy faced a lot of tolerance because this crime was the means of making a living for English pirates. It seems that one of the reasons making England facilitate free sailing in its bodies of water by seventeenth century was making the opportunity for pirates by English sailors for getting by. In this study we are going to discuss marine crimes in international laws.

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