Law and Technology in Singapore Digital

The increasing importance of technology in the practice and content of law can hardly be overstated. The practice of law is now fused with technology; law firms are digitising at a rate that can only increase. At the same time, the content of law is having to adapt: courts are being asked whether an app can provide “legal advice”, whether intangibles like cryptocurrencies are property, and whether a transaction wholly concluded by algorithms can be avoided on the basis of mistake. How do you stay relevant if you haven’t kept abreast of issues emerging now and in the near future?

This primer by experts in their respective fields offers students and practitioners an overview of the relevant technologies, a survey of their impact on the content of law today, and a window into future issues that may arise – as well as some of the potential solutions.

The text is meant to be accessible to students and practitioners, as well as to interested laypersons. The authors have strived to be clear and avoid unnecessary jargon – simple, but not simplistic.

All told, the book offers an authoritative and comprehensive account of law and technology in Singapore and beyond. It is a handy and versatile text which will aid you in identifying the core competencies that will help you succeed, and will acquaint you with the changes that have happened and will happen.

General Editors

Professor Simon Chesterman

Professor Goh Yihan

Justice of the Court of Appeal Justice Andrew Phang Boon Leong

Contributors

1. Justice Aedit Abdullah
2. Kumaralingam Amirthalingam
3. Sandra Annette Booysen
4. Gary Chan Kok Yew
5. Leslie Chew SC
6. Warren B Chik
7. Matthew Choo Hou Chong
8. Eunice Chua
9. Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez
10. Hon Yi
11. Hu Ying
12. Pearlie Koh
13. Lau Kwan Ho
14. Josh Lee Kok Thong
15. Lee Pey Woan
16. Lim How Khang
17. Hannah Yee-Fen Lim
18. Ng-Loy Wee Loon SC (honoris causa)
19. Christopher Ong Siu Jin
20. Vincent Ooi
21. Jeffrey Pinsler SC
22. Dorcas Quek Anderson
23. Alvin W-L See
24. Daniel Seng
25. Jerrold Soh Tsin Howe
26. Rajesh Sreenivasan
27. Thiagesh Sukumaran
28. David Tan
29. Tan Ken Hwee
30. Thio Li-ann
31. Hans Tjio
32. Gregory Vijayendran SC
33. Eleanor Wong
34. Yeo Hwee Ying
35. Yeo Tiong Min SC (honoris causa)
36. Yeong Zee Kin
37. Yip Man

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