Pearce Higgins, A. Keywords: Ships | International regime | Mots clefs: Navires | Régime international | ABSTRACT Pearce Higgins explains that two rules of international law are of fundamental importance and primarily determine the legal regime of commercial vessels on the high seas in times of peace. The first of the two rules is that the high seas cannot become the property of any State. The second rule is that jurisdiction must be exercised exclusively as a general rule by each State over people or property b…