Acknowledgements
A book is never an individual’s work. I have to thank my family, Marco and Maria
Luiza, fantastic parents, and my brothers, Danilo and Felipe, who encouraged me to
embark on the adventure of a PhD abroad and stood by that idea at all times.
My deepest gratefulness to Valeria, a companion who offered much-needed
backing, especially in the darkest hours. This work, if anything, is the direct result
of our love, mutual support, and delightful cultural escapades in Hamburg and
Elmshorn.
A special thank you to both my supervisors, Prof. Dr. Stefan Oeter and Prof.
Dr. Henning Jessen, for the patience to dialogue with my ideas and for offering
valuable insights for this work. Also, my appreciation for the constant helpfulness
and efficiency of the staff of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hamburg, in
particular Ms Claudia Zavala and Ms Dinah Cassebaum.
This work would not have been made possible without the support of several
scholars and institutions, where I had the treasured opportunity to conduct research
and collect feedback. Those scholars are Prof. Dr. Anne Peters and the Max Planck
Institute of Comparative Public Law and International Law, for the opportunity to
attend the Institute’s Masterclasses; Prof. Dr. Bjorn Kunoy, the University of the
Faroe Islands, where I concluded the Summer Academy on the Continental Shelf;
Prof. Dr. Erik Molenaar, the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS),
University of Utrecht, under whose supervision I carried out a two-month long
research stay; Dr. Jo König and Prof. Dr. Doris König, for setting up the best
summer academy on ocean governance of the world, in Hamburg; and, finally,
Prof. Dr. Clive Schofield, of the Global Ocean Institute, of the World Maritime
University, for welcoming me into the premises of the Institute for a short
research stay.
I am equally indebted to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
(ITLOS), for having me assist the Registry during the 46th Session of the Tribunal,
and to the wonderful multinational colleagues I met there, with special remark to
Sebastian Gomez, Brigitte Rakatomalala, Julia Ritter, Antje Vorbeck, and Anke
Egert.
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A book is never an individual’s work. I have to thank my family, Marco and Maria
Luiza, fantastic parents, and my brothers, Danilo and Felipe, who encouraged me to
embark on the adventure of a PhD abroad and stood by that idea at all times.
My deepest gratefulness to Valeria, a companion who offered much-needed
backing, especially in the darkest hours. This work, if anything, is the direct result
of our love, mutual support, and delightful cultural escapades in Hamburg and
Elmshorn.
A special thank you to both my supervisors, Prof. Dr. Stefan Oeter and Prof.
Dr. Henning Jessen, for the patience to dialogue with my ideas and for offering
valuable insights for this work. Also, my appreciation for the constant helpfulness
and efficiency of the staff of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hamburg, in
particular Ms Claudia Zavala and Ms Dinah Cassebaum.
This work would not have been made possible without the support of several
scholars and institutions, where I had the treasured opportunity to conduct research
and collect feedback. Those scholars are Prof. Dr. Anne Peters and the Max Planck
Institute of Comparative Public Law and International Law, for the opportunity to
attend the Institute’s Masterclasses; Prof. Dr. Bjorn Kunoy, the University of the
Faroe Islands, where I concluded the Summer Academy on the Continental Shelf;
Prof. Dr. Erik Molenaar, the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS),
University of Utrecht, under whose supervision I carried out a two-month long
research stay; Dr. Jo König and Prof. Dr. Doris König, for setting up the best
summer academy on ocean governance of the world, in Hamburg; and, finally,
Prof. Dr. Clive Schofield, of the Global Ocean Institute, of the World Maritime
University, for welcoming me into the premises of the Institute for a short
research stay.
I am equally indebted to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
(ITLOS), for having me assist the Registry during the 46th Session of the Tribunal,
and to the wonderful multinational colleagues I met there, with special remark to
Sebastian Gomez, Brigitte Rakatomalala, Julia Ritter, Antje Vorbeck, and Anke
Egert.
v