{"id":8657,"date":"2025-11-13T15:03:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/?p=8657"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:03:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:03:37","slug":"kent-law-lecturer-wins-international-award-for-best-article-on-the-law-of-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/kent-law-lecturer-wins-international-award-for-best-article-on-the-law-of-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent Law Lecturer Wins International Award for Best Article on the Law of the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"
Eric Loefflad (Lecturer in Law at Kent Law School<\/a>) and Vicky Kapogianni (Lecturer in EU and International Law at University of Reading), co-authors of ‘China\u2019s Maritime Militias, Human Rights, and the Law of the Sea: Contested Norms in a Shifting International Legal Order’, have won the Aldo Leucci and Ortensio Degli Atti Award for best article in the Yearbook on the Law of the Sea<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>(the peer reviewed publication of the\u00a0Associazione di Consulenza in Diritto del Mare<\/i> (ASCOMARE), which\u00a0is the International Association of the Law of the Sea.<\/div>\n
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This article is part of a larger collaborative effort between Dr Loefflad and Dr Kapogianni on the critical re-imagination of international law and the world’s oceans and islands. In addition to this work on the South China Sea, the two have also collaborated on projects concerning the Falklands\/Malvinas dispute, the resettlement of the Chagos Islands, the question of Caribbean climate reparations, and the relationship between oceanic space and the crime of genocide.<\/span><\/div>\n
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In communicating news of the award to Eric and Vicky, Editor-in-Chief Pierandrea Leucci added:<\/div>\n
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‘The Board was particularly impressed by the depth of your legal analysis, the rigor of your methodology, and the timeliness of your insights. Your article distinguished itself as a remarkable and original contribution to the evolving discourse on the law of the sea, earning unanimous recognition as this year\u2019s award winner.\u2019<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Eric teaches on a variety of modules at Kent Law School and is the LLM Pathway Director for Human Rights Law.<\/div>\n