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Assembled across several years, Letters of the Law: An Anthology is a collection of letters written by each author to their younger selves—from those at the top of the legal chain to students just starting out. Tender and at times unrelenting, each letter foregrounds delicate anxieties and fears together with hopes and aspirations, and bridges the gap between each author’s present and future—surfacing a curiously inevitable sense of encouragement and reassurance when read and re-read.
This book is meant for those who feel like they’re running on empty, those who just need a respite mid-race, and those of every shade in between. The stories within these pages are not a solution, but a first step in exploring the vulnerability of someone else and, hopefully, discovering your own.
The development of Singapore law has tracked the development of Singapore’s own nation-building efforts. Singapore’s laws reflect a diversity of legal and cultural heritages and there has been a conscious effort, particularly after the 1990s, to develop its own laws and legal institutions. These efforts have now paved the way for Singapore law to be promoted in international transactions and law reforms in other jurisdictions. This book assesses to what extent these ambitions have been achieved, how they are reflected in the jurisprudence of Singapore courts, and to predict the next phase in the development of Singapore law. It analyses all reported Singapore decisions since independence to December 2013. It considers the extent to which Singapore courts have developed a local jurisprudence and the particular subject areas in which such development is the strongest. It also examines the extent Singapore courts have relied on foreign law.
Year of Publication: 2015
Page Extent: 960 pages
Member's Price: $90.00 (before GST)Associate Student's Price: $72.00 (before GST)Non-Member's Price: $135.00 (before GST)
Some of the most architecturally-beautiful buildings in Singapore were purpose built for law enforcement.
This book aims to tell a brief history of these buildings through the use of photos, architectural drawings and stories told by people who remember what it was like to work or be in these places.
Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s): Associate Professor Joel Lee and Professor Lawrence Boo (general editors)
Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s): Associate Professor Joel Lee and Professor Lawrence Boo (general editors)Date of Publication: Nov 2017
This book focuses on the end-product of arbitration: the award. It examines the law relating to arbitral awards from two perspectives: awards resulting from arbitrations that are seated in Singapore and awards made elsewhere that are being enforced in Singapore. It discusses the requirements of a valid award, the available recourse against an award, its enforcement and the obstacles to its enforcement. Singapore legislation and case law supplement the clear and thorough analysis. In addition, selected foreign cases are used to illustrate the application of comparable provisions in other jurisdictions.Author: Chan Leng Sun SC
Year of Publication: 2011
Page Extent: 388 pages
Member's Price: $50.00 (before GST)Associate Student's Price: $40.00 (before GST)Non-Member's Price: $75.00 (before GST)
The book brings the reader on a journey from the conception of the Second Charter to the birth of its ultimate offspring - the Application of English Law Act. It discusses the significance of the Second Charter over the years and why it now deserves its place high on the honour roll of Singapore's legal developments.Author: Andrew Phang Boon Leong
Book is currently under reprint. Delivery will take place by end of May 2022.
This is a book that covers the regulation of films, broadcast (and Internet), arts entertainment, and advertising in Singapore. These newer forms of media have in common visual, design, production and performative aspects, which fit them to be discussed together.
Authors: Benny Tan and Eleanor Wong
Year of Publication: 2020
Page Extent: 216 pages
Member's Price: $60.00 (before GST)Associate Student's Price: $48.00 (before GST)Non-Member's Price: $90.00 (before GST)
This book is the result of the Rule of Law Symposium that was convened in Singapore in May 2014 to consider the implications of the rule of law for development both in the South-East Asia region and globally. The chapters in this book represent a conversation between senior judges, scholars and lawyers from the worlds of business and private practice. There are four thematic sections, which address: the rule of law and development from a legal and policy perspective; the implications of the rule of law for business and finance; the rule of law in international investment disputes; and judicial reflections from the past or present heads of the Judiciary in England and Wales, Hong Kong and Singapore. The thematic sections are followed by individual contributions from former UN Legal Counsel, Ambassador Patricia O’Brien; Singapore’s Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs, Mr K Shanmugam, and The Honourable Solicitor-General Lionel Yee.
Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s): Sir Jeffrey Jowell, J Christopher Thomas QC, Jan van Zyl Smit
Page Extent: 232 pages
General Editor: Basil C. Bitas, with companion Forewords by Mr Paul Yuen, General Counsel, Monetary Authority of Singapore, and Mr Ho Meng Kit, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Business Federation.
Year of Publication: 2021
Page Extent: 368 pages
Member's Price: $60.00 (before GST)Associate Student's Price: $48.00(before GST)Non-Member's Price: $90.00 (before GST)
The law of legal professional privilege is of immense importance to clients, in-house counsel and external lawyers. This is the first publication which undertakes a critical evaluation of existing rules of legal professional privilege both in Singapore and across Commonwealth jurisdictions. It draws on applicable legislation, case law and academic commentary, and seeks to provide the reader with a sound doctrinal and analytical framework with which to approach the different aspects of this subject, as well as practical advice on how to assert and defend claims of privilege.Author: Colin Liew
Page Extent: 744 pages
Trade is a keystone of the Singapore economy, and sales of goods comprise a substantial portion of that trade. Agreements for the sale and purchase of goods are subject to one of two statutes in Singapore. Domestic sales and all consumer sales are governed by the Sale of Goods Act (“SOGA”). International sales between commercial parties, with some exceptions, are subject to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (“CISG”) so long as both the buyer and seller are from contracting member states of the CISG. Singapore acceded to the CISG in 1996 and the CISG has been domesticated as a statute of Singapore. This short volume is intended to be a handy guide to sales law and to the ways in which the treatment of contracts of sale differ from the common law, whether under SOGA or the CISG. There are some important differences between SOGA and the CISG, and one of the purposes of this book is to provide guidance to lawyers and their clients on whether to “opt out” of the coverage of the CISG (which is easy to do if done properly) in favour of the application of SOGA or the domestic sales law of another country. Particular attention is paid to areas where there are striking differences between the CISG and SOGA or the common law, such as the introduction of parol evidence, the use of foreign precedents and the role of good faith.Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s): Howard Hunter
Year of Publication: 2017
Page Extent: 248 pages