Preface and acknowledgements

• Published date: 01 January 2011
• Pages: IX-
• Date: 01 January 2011
• DOI: 10.10520/EJC74151

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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank the following persons for assistance in the

preparation of this monograph which is based on my thesis, The

Recognition and Enforcement of Maritime Liens in Australia:

Dr Anthony Dickey QC, Professor Peter Handford and the law •

library staff of the University of Western Australia;

Mr Taco van der Valk of AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen NV, •

Rotterdam, for providing me with copies of a number of old

Dutch texts and for his interesting email correspondence in “de

taal”;

Professor Francesco Berlingieri for providing me with copies •

of documents relating to the different International Convention

Conferences on maritime liens;

Dr Mahin Faghfouri of UNCTAD for various UNCTAD documents •

on maritime liens;

Professor John Hare of the University of Cape Town for •

providing me with copies of some unpublished minor masters

dissertations;

My parents, Carel and Elize, for their encouragement and •

motivation, and for giving me my f‌irst book on maritime law;

My father-in-law, Professor Andries Cilliers, for providing me •

with copies of old Roman and Roman Dutch law texts and

some translations;

My wife, Jeanne, for doing more than her share of family duties, •

her encouragement and motivation, and acting as a sounding-

board − I have been very fortunate to have had a lawyer at

home.

Needless to say, any mistakes are mine, and the opinions

expressed in this work and conclusions arrived at are mine and

should not be ascribed to any other person.