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11 WMU J. Maritime Aff. 1 (2012)

handle is hein.journals/wnujlmti11 and id is 1 raw text is: WMU J Marit Affairs (2012) 11:1-13 DOI 10.1007/s13437-012-0026-1 A 1 l CL A rutter for piracy in 2012 Samuel Pyeatt Menefee • Maximo Q. Mejia Jr. Received: 12 March 2012 /Accepted: 14 March 2012 /Published online: 31 March 2012 © World Maritime University 2012 Abstract This rutter for piracy begins with a brief update on contemporary piratical incidents and a short review of books and collections of articles dedicated to the topic of piracy, before presenting the ground-breaking group of scholarly essays which make up WMU Journal ofMaritime Affairs' special issue on piracy at sea. Keywords Rutter. Piracy. Maritime security 1 Introduction Rutter is an archaic term used for a pilot's book or seaman's guide1. Before the advent of nautical charts, rutters were the primary store of geographic information for maritime navigation. Among notable rutters is the Grand Routier, written by the French pilot Pierre Garcie, c. 1483 and published in 1502-3, which focused on the shores of the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel, and its peculiarities. Translated into English as the Rutter of the Sea in 1528, it was reprinted many times, and remained the pre-eminent rutter used by English sailors for decades3. In this Rutter for Piracy, we hope to introduce the ground-breaking group of scholarly essays which make up this special thematic issue of the WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs by saying something about contemporary piratical incidents, 'Rutter (nautical) at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutter(nautical)>(visited March 5, 2012) (Portuguese navigators of the 16th C. called it a roteiro, the French a routier, from which the English word 'rutter' is derived). 2Id. 31d. S. P. Menefee Center for Oceans Law & Policy, Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA, USA M. Q. Mejia Jr. (E) Maritime Law and Policy, World Maritime University, Malmd, Sweden e-mail: mm(alwmu.se 4L Springer