Re: Piracy/Captain Phillips (2013)

What is Piracy? Who has jurisdiction over the high seas?

Sources:

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Art. 100-110 (1982).

S.S. Lotus (Fr. v. Turk.), 1927 P.C.I.J. (ser. A) No. 10 (Sept. 7).

United Nations Security Council. Resolution 1816, S /RES/1816 (2008). Adopted June 2, 2008.

U.S. Constitution, Art. III Sec. 2 and Amend. 6.

Fed. R. Crim. P. 18 (2024 ed.).

Piracy and Privateering, 18 U.S.C. §§1651, 1653 (1948).

Jurisdiction and Venue, 18 U.S.C. §3238 (1948).

Muse v. Daniels, 815 F.3d 265 (7th Cir. 2016).

Thomas J. Shaw. The Legal History of Pirates & Privateers. Thomas J. Shaw (2024).

Edmund Sanders and Julian E. Barnes. “U.S. ship captain held by Somali pirates.” LA Times. April 9, 2009. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-apr-09-fg-somali-pirates9-story.html

“Somalian pirate suspect arrives in New York to be tried in U.S. court.” CBC News. April 20, 2009. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/somalian-pirate-suspect-arrives-in-new-york-to-be-tried-in-u-s-court-1.777441

Tim Besley, Thiemo Fetzer, and Hannes Mueller. “The Economic Costs of Piracy.” International Growth Centre. March 1, 2012. https://www.theigc.org/collections/economic-costs-piracy

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Re: Medical Emancipation/My Sister’s Keeper (2009), Chicago Med (2015-)

When can a child exercise control over their own body and medical decisions? Does a child have to fully emancipate themselves from their parents in order to make those medical decisions?

Sources:

Bellotti v. Baird, 443 U.S. 622 (1979).

In re E.G., 549 N.E.2d 322 (Ill. 1989).

Smith v. Seibly, 431 P.2d 719 (Wash. 1967).

Michelle Davis and Andrea Fang. “Emancipated Minor,” StatPearls. National Library of Medicine (May 1, 2023). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554594/

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Re: Chinatown (1974)/Water Rights

Why does Los Angeles exist? Where does L.A. get its water? How do water rights work?

Sources:

County of Inyo v. City of Los Angeles, 124 Cal.App.3d 1 (Cal.App. 1981).

County of Inyo v. Yorty, 32 Cal.App. 795 (Cal.App. 1973).

County of Mono v. City of Los Angeles, 81 Cal.App.5th 65 (Cal.App. 2022).

Irwin v. Phillips, 5 Cal. 140 (Cal. 1855).

People v. City of Los Angeles, 34 Cal.2d 695 (Cal. 1950).

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). 2022-2023 Briefing Book. www.ladwp.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/2022-23_Briefing_Book_Online.pdf

Marc Reisner. Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water. New York, NY: Penguin Books (2017); orig. ed. Viking (1986).

Sarah Dean. “Taps running dry have become part of daily life in South Africa’s biggest city.” CNN, March 24, 2024.

Denise Chow and Albinson Linares. “Mexico City's 21 million residents are facing a severe water shortage.” NBC News, March 1, 2024.

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