In Hamburg, this work would not have been possible without the monthly debates
in my beloved Portuguese language at the Brazilian Debate Group (GDTB, Grupo
de Discussão de Temas Brasileiros), especially with Emília Castro, Ana Quintão,
Cristina Francisco, and Renata do Val. My particular thanks to the “Brazilian
Directorate,” Fernando Magrão Preusser de Mattos, Rômulo Lima, Eduardo Gresse,
and Júlio de Rizzo. Likewise, my deepest gratitude to Júlia Mandil and Bettina
Zbinden. To my colleagues and friends of the Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Graduate School of Law, of the University of Hamburg, namely Rustam Atadjanov,
Gregor Lamersdorf, Matthias Packeiser, Annalisa Morticelli, Pipitsa Kousoula,
Tomas Restrepo, Giuseppe Bitti, Raoul Veit, Barbara Germann, Reem Harok,
Lucas Bento, and many more. You all made the PhD mission one worth enjoying.
Finally, I am appreciative of the Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy Graduate
School of Law and the PIASTA Program, both of the University of Hamburg, as
well as the Brazilian Foundation for the Development of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), for having funded different stages of the research that gave life to
this book.
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