Frontiers – Law, Theory and Cases

Dimitri Endrizzi, Ph.D. in Political Studies from Universidad Externado de Colombia. Sociologist from Universita degli Studi di Trento, Italy. Professor Endrizzi has been a researcher on migration issues at the History Museum in Trento, Italy, and professor of Research Methodology at Universidad Externado de Colombia, in Bogota, a teacher in the Faculty of Law of Universidad Catolica de Colombia as well as a researcher of the group Phronesis at the Faculty of Law of Universidad Catolica de Colombia. Jairo Becerra, Ph.D in Law and Political Science from Universidad de Barcelona. Lawyer and specialist in Political Science and International Law. Consultant, researcher of the research group in Public Law and ICT of the Law School at Universidad Catolica de Colombia, and professor of Public Policy and Law in Information and Communication Technologies, International Law, and Aeronautical and Space Law. Member of the International Institute of Space Law - IISL and the Ibero-American Federation of Associations. Eduardo Andres Perafan Del Campo, Ph.D.(c) in Social Sciences - Dynamics and Changes in Space and Society of Globalization -from Universidad de Granada, Spain. Master's in political and International Studies and Political Scientist from Universidad del Rosario, Colombia. Academic editor of Novum Jus Law Journal. Professor and researcher of the research group in Public Law and ICT of the Law School at Universidad Catolica de Colombia. Analyst and consultant in public and international affairs. Jaime Cubides Cardenas, Lawyer and specialist in Public Law at Universidad Autonoma de Colombia, specialist and a Master's degree in Teaching and research with an emphasis on the legal sciences of Universidad Sergio Arboleda and holds a Master's Degree in Law from the same University. Ph.D. student in Law at the Universidad Catolica de Colombia. Researcher, Associate professor, and leader of the Research Group Person, Institutions and Demands for Justice of Universidad Catolica de Colombia. Laura C. Gamarra-Amaya, Attorney. LL.M in International Legal Studies from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. Admitted to the New York Bar. Extensive litigation experience in the field of insurance defense in New York City. Professor of Public and Private International Law at Universidad Catolica de Colombia and Executive Editor of Novum Jus Law Journal. Regional Organizer of the Latin American Round of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court.

As an Introduction: The Term 'Frontier' and Kindred Concepts.- Part I. Theory, Law & Cases.- The Emergence of Frontier as a Concept: Classical Theoretical Approaches and Territorial Differences.- Maritime Territorialization and Governance: Geopolitical and Legal Issues Concerning Delimitation of Extended Continental Shelves in the Caribbean Sea and the Arctic Ocean.- Borders in Airspace and Outer Space.- Cyberspace: A New Frontier.- International Watercourses: Between the Division and the Border Unit.- Part II. Cases, Theory & Law.- Borders, Migration and Human Rights: Case of The United States and Mexico.- Schengen Area: Reflections on the European Border Crisis.- Colombian-Venezuelan land border relationship: Human Rights Vulnerability and geopolitical context.- The Injury of Sovereignty in Ecuador in The Management of the Debt Crisis: The Role of IMF.- As a Conclusion: The New Relevance of the Old Frontier.