Irini Papanicolopulu is Associate Professor in International Law at the University of Milano-Bicocca. She holds a Degree in Law from the University of Milano-Bicocca and a Doctorate in International Law from the University of Milano. She has been a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Oxford, and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of a volume on maritime delimitation edited by the leading Italian legal publisher (Il confine marino: unità o pluralità? (Giuffre Editore 2005)), the editor or co-editor of six collections of essays, and the author of more than 40 book chapters, articles, and conference papers. She has been in-house Legal Advisor to the (Italian) Ministry of the Environment and has acted as a legal expert for the Italian Government and for international governmental and non-governmental organizations.

• Introduction 1: People, the Sea, and International Law 2: Protection by the System and Its Regimes 3: The Scope of State Duties 4: The Content of State Obligations 5: From Set of Rules to Legal Regime

Irini Papanicolopulu is Associate Professor in International Law at the University of Milano-Bicocca. She holds a Degree in Law from the University of Milano-Bicocca and a Doctorate in International Law from the University of Milano. She has been a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Oxford, and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of a volume on maritime delimitation edited by the leading Italian legal publisher (Il confine marino: unità o pluralità? (Giuffre Editore 2005)), the editor or co-editor of six collections of essays, and the author of more than 40 book chapters, articles, and conference papers. She has been in-house Legal Advisor to the (Italian) Ministry of the Environment and has acted as a legal expert for the Italian Government and for international governmental and non-governmental organizations.

• Introduction 1: People, the Sea, and International Law 2: Protection by the System and Its Regimes 3: The Scope of State Duties 4: The Content of State Obligations 5: From Set of Rules to Legal Regime

Irini Papanicolopulu is Associate Professor in International Law at the University of Milano-Bicocca. She holds a Degree in Law from the University of Milano-Bicocca and a Doctorate in International Law from the University of Milano. She has been a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Oxford, and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of a volume on maritime delimitation edited by the leading Italian legal publisher (Il confine marino: unità o pluralità? (Giuffre Editore 2005)), the editor or co-editor of six collections of essays, and the author of more than 40 book chapters, articles, and conference papers. She has been in-house Legal Advisor to the (Italian) Ministry of the Environment and has acted as a legal expert for the Italian Government and for international governmental and non-governmental organizations.

• Introduction 1: People, the Sea, and International Law 2: Protection by the System and Its Regimes 3: The Scope of State Duties 4: The Content of State Obligations 5: From Set of Rules to Legal Regime