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This book is devoted to an examination of the legal status of government merchant ships while on the high seas or in the waters of foreign states in time of peace. The object of this examination is to ascertain whether there is any rule of international law which accords such a ship a higher status than that of private merchant ships. Whether government merchant ships, unlike private ships, are entitled to certain immunities from the jurisdiction of foreign states is the question that we have set out to answer in this book. A discussion of the rules concerning the nationality of such a ship or the jurisdiction of the flag state over her does not find a place in this work.
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Thommen, T.K. (1962). Introduction. In: Legal Status of Government Merchant Ships in International Law. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9269-9_1
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