Larry Rutkowski, Bruce Paulsen, and Jon Stoian co-authored an article, "Mugged Twice?: Payment of Ransom on the High Seas" that appears in the American University Law Review Volume 59, Number 5.

Larry Rutkowski, Bruce Paulsen, and Jon Stoian co-authored an article, “Mugged Twice?: Payment of Ransom on the High Seas” that appears in the American University Law Review Volume 59, Number 5.

June 1, 2010

The article examines the legality, under U.S. law, of paying ransom to pirates in order to release a vessel and its crew from unlawful detention.