"About the editors" [2018] ELECD 965; in Jayakumar, S.; Koh, Tommy; Beckman, Robert; Davenport, Tara; Phan, D. Hao (eds), "The South China Sea Arbitration" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) viii

Book Title: The South China Sea Arbitration

Editor(s): Jayakumar, S.; Koh, Tommy; Beckman, Robert; Davenport, Tara; Phan, D. Hao

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781788116268

Section Title: About the editors

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

About the 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 Minister for Law. He served as Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, was the High Commissioner to Canada from 1971­74 and was 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 and the Land Reclamation case before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Professor Jayakumar is the author of several books, the most recent being Diplomacy: A Singapore Experience and Be at the Table or Be on the Menu: A Singapore Memoir, and has written several articles on topics of constitutional law, international law and legal education. He served as Dean of the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Law. He now serves as the Chairman of the Law Faculty's Advisory Council and Chairman of the International Advisory Panel of the Centre for International Law. Tommy Koh is Ambassador-at-large at the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chairman of the Centre for International Law and Rector of Tembusu College at NUS. He is the Co-Chairman of the China-Singapore Forum, the India-Singapore Strategic Dialogue, the Japan-Singapore Symposium and the International Advisory Panel on Transboundary Pollution. Professor Koh was the President of the Third United ...