Lilian del Castillo-Laborde is a professor of Public International Law at the School of Law of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she teaches on Sovereign Immunities, International Jurisdictions and gives post-graduate seminars. She has published a book on legal aspects of water management in Argentina, and several articles and book chapters concerning shared international resources and the law of the sea.

"... a valuable tool, not only for those involved in the management of such complex and vast geographic spaces, and researchers on international law in both coastal countries, but also for readers elsewhere interested in the practicalities of the creation and implementation of legal regimes for shared maritime or river regions, both from the point of view from the law of international waterways and of the law of the sea."Juan Oribe Stemmer, Montevideo, Uruguay