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Taught by Professor Manushag N. Powell | 26 min | Categories: History
While the British judicial system that oversaw pirate trials during the age of Atlantic piracy was highly codified, it certainly wouldn’t be considered fair or just by today’s standards. But even modern judicial systems find it extremely difficult to successfully prosecute piracy, as you’ll learn from the Maersk Alabama pirate trial of 2013.
24 Lectures
1
What Is a Pirate?
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of 26 min
2
Pirate Facts and Fictions
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of 26 min
3
Real Pirates of the Caribbean
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of 27 min
4
Pirate Attacks and Tactics
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of 25 min
5
Buried Treasure and Pirate Economics
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of 26 min
6
Pirates as Freedom Fighters
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of 28 min
7
Pirates and Enslavement
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of 27 min
8
The Sea Dogs of Elizabeth I
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of 27 min
9
The Corsairs of the Maghreb
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of 29 min
10
The Buccaneers of America
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of 28 min
11
The Red Sea Men of the Pirate Round
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of 27 min
12
Piracy in the China Seas
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of 28 min
13
Pirates as Explorers
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of 28 min
14
Pirates and Empires
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of 29 min
15
Life on a Pirate Ship
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of 27 min
16
Pirate Music and Performances
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of 27 min
17
Pirate Kings
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of 28 min
18
She-Pirates
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of 27 min
19
Women as Pirate Commanders
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of 28 min
20
Pirates in Literature and the Theater
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of 28 min
21
Prosecuting Pirates
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of 26 min
22
Can Piracy Be Stamped Out?
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of 27 min
23
Pirates in Modern Times
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of 29 min
24
Pirates in Pop Culture and Beyond
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of 30 min
