Maritime Autonomous Vehicles and International Law: Maritime Security Perspectives

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Klein, Natalie, Guilfoyle, Douglas, Karim, Md Saiful and McLaughlin, Rob. Klein, Natalie, Guilfoyle, Douglas, Karim, Md Saiful and McLaughlin, Rob (ed.) 2025. Maritime Autonomous Vehicles and International Law: Maritime Security Perspectives. United Kingdom. Routledge.
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Maritime Autonomous Vehicles and International Law: Maritime Security Perspectives

Book CategoryEdited book
ERA Publisher ID3137
AuthorsKlein, Natalie, Guilfoyle, Douglas, Karim, Md Saiful and McLaughlin, Rob
EditorsKlein, Natalie, Guilfoyle, Douglas, Karim, Md Saiful and McLaughlin, Rob
Number of Pages326
Year2025
PublisherRoutledge
Place of PublicationUnited Kingdom
ISBN9781032675596
9781032724072
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032724072
Web Address (URL)https://www.routledge.com/Maritime-Autonomous-Vehicles-and-International-Law-Maritime-Security-P/Guilfoyle-Karim-Klein-McLaughlin/p/book/9781032675596?_gl=1*1ig0eng*_gcl_au*Mzc5MjQ5MjEyLjE3MzU2MDc5NzI.*_ga*MTY1NTE4Mjg2OS4xNzA4Njc4NDQy*_ga_0HYE8YG0M6*MTczNjQ3NjEzNy4zNy4xLjE3MzY0NzYxODcuMTAuMC4w
Abstract

Maritime autonomous vehicles (MAVs) have the potential to radically alter all uses of maritime space, with technology progressing faster than the law. This book explores the current international legal framework and the options available to regulate maritime security in the face of emerging technologies.

MAVs are starting to play a role not only in policing and military security but also for the perpetration of maritime crimes. Through discussing the existing international legal framework for combating maritime security threats, the book will consider the use of MAVs by states for various security purposes and the potential dangers of MAVs in the hands of non-state actors. As the intersection of maritime technology with international maritime security law is crucial to a safe future for all, this timely book makes essential suggestions to adapt existing legal frameworks to match emerging technologies. Addressing critical questions such as who exercises jurisdiction when ships are remotely controlled, how jamming technology may be lawfully deployed and what force may be permissible during maritime law enforcement, this book identifies a diversity of current legal gaps and problems and makes suggestions as to how to rectify them.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars in the field of the law of the sea, maritime security and emerging technologies.

KeywordsLaw; Maritime autonomous vehicles (MAVs)
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ANZSRC Field of Research 2020480310. Public international law
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