The 1922-34 exchange of minorities between Greece and Turkey was the first legally mandated compulsory population movement of its scale and sophistication. The book will demonstrate how such population movements were justified at the time as a radical version of minority protection, and how it impacted on ideas of ethnic nation-building.

• Introduction


• 1: The Ottoman Empire and the International Law of Minority Protection, 1815-1923


• 2: Early Experiments in Population Transfer, 1913-9


• 3: 'A Subject Which Excites the Deepest Interest Throughout the Civilised World': Legal Diplomacy at the Conference of Lausanne


• 4: Humanitarianism, the World Court, and the Relation between Domestic and International Law


• Conclusion

Umut Özsu is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Manitoba. His research interests lie principally in public international law, the history and theory of international law, and socio-legal studies.