Managing Babel ─ The International Legal Protection Of Minorities In The Twentieth Century

Thio (public international law, human rights and constitutional law, National U. of Singapore) begins her study of minority protection with a description of conceptual problems. She then reviews international approaches from the early 20th century through the League of Nations to post-World War II. She explains how minorities' protection was submerged within the UN project of promoting universal individual human rights until 1989 when the problem was reconceived. Thio also offers a parallel history of the development of regional human rights protection. Throughout her study, she maintains that protection of minority groups is integral to a standard of good governance that legitimizes states. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Li-ann Thio received a B.A. (Hons) from the University of Oxford, a LL.M. from Harvard Law School and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and is a Barrister of Gray’s Inn, UK. She is presently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, where she teaches public international law, human rights and constitutional law. Formerly Chief Editor of the Singapore Journal of International & Comparative Law, she is currently an Editor of the Singapore Yearbook of International Law and an Advisory Board member of the New Zealand Yearbook of International Law. Her publications include Constitutional Law in Malaysia & Singapore (Butterworths, 1997) and she has published numerous journal articles in the field of international law, constitutional and administrative law.