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"Editors" [2014] ELECD 717; in Jayakumar, S.; Koh, Tommy; Beckman, Robert (eds), "The South China Sea Disputes and Law of the Sea" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) vii

Book Title: The South China Sea Disputes and Law of the Sea

Editor(s): Jayakumar, S.; Koh, Tommy; Beckman, Robert

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783477265

Section Title: Editors

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Editors
S. Jayakumar was Singapore's former Deputy Prime Minister and Senior
Minister. Professor Jayakumar has held various portfolios such as Minister
for Home Affairs, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Labour,
and was also Minister for Law for 26 years. He served as Singapore's
Permanent Representative to the United Nations, High Commissioner to
Canada from 1971­1974 and as a member of Singapore's delegation to
the Third Law of the Sea Convention. In addition he oversaw the Pedra
Branca case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as well as the
Land Reclamation case before the International Tribunal for the Law of
the Sea (ITLOS). He is the author of several books, the most recent being
Pedra Branca ­ The Road to the World Court (together with Professor
Tommy Koh) and Diplomacy ­ A Singapore Perspective, and has written
many articles on topics of constitutional law, international law and
legal education. Professor Jayakumar served as Dean of the National
University of Singapore's Faculty of Law. He now serves as the Chairman
of the Law Faculty's Advisory Council and also as Chairman of the
International Advisory Panel of the Centre for International Law (CIL).
He is also consultant at the law firm of Drew and Napier.
Tommy Koh is Ambassador-At-Large at the Singapore Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Chairman of the Centre for International Law, Rector
of Tembusu College at the National University of Singapore and Special
Adviser of the Institute of Policy Studies. He is the ...