Y O S H I F U M I T A N A K A is Professor of International Law with Specific Focus on the Law of
the Sea at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. He is the single author of five
books: Predictability and Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation (2006; 2nd edition,
2019), A Dual Approach to Ocean Governance (2008), The International Law of the Sea
(2012; 2nd edition, 2015), The Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes (Cambridge
University Press, 2018) and The South China Sea Arbitration (2019). He has published
widely in the fields of the law of the sea, international environmental law and peaceful
settlement of international disputes.
