S.J.D. Candidate
gmanicardischn at sjd.law.harvard.edu
Dissertation
Coding Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Agents, Litigation and Legal Practice
My dissertation aims to identify the strategies used by international lawyers to preserve or limit privileges to pollute. This will be done through a series of case studies on landmark climate litigation procedures and doctrinal research in different fields of international law. This research will contribute to the climate change law debate by identifying the privilege to pollute as a complex legal arrangement and showing how legal practice in international law constitutes it.
Fields of Research and Supervisors
- Legal Theory Applied to International Law with Professor David Kennedy, Harvard Law School, Principal Faculty Supervisor
- Socio-Legal Studies – Social Movements with Professor Lucie E. White, Harvard Law School
- International Climate Change Law with Professor Anne Orford, University of Melbourne Law School
- Business and Financial Approaches to Climate Change with Professor Rebecca Henderson, Harvard Business School
Additional Research Interests
- Climate Change
- Interpretive Sociology
- International Law
- Private Law Theory
Education
- Harvard Law School, S.J.D. Candidate 2025 – Present
- Harvard Law School, LL.M. Program 2024-2025, (requirements fulfilled, degree waived)
- Universidade de São Paulo, Bacharel em Direito (J.D. equivalent), 2022
Academic Appointments and Fellowships
- Climate Leaders Program, Harvard University Center for the Environment, 2024-2025
- Líder Estudar Fellow, 2024
Additional Information
- Languages: English (fluent), Portuguese (native), Spanish (intermediate).
Last Updated: June 13, 2025