This issue features articles on: (a) the 1982 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and how it has changed the Canadian criminal justice system; (b) the factors which affect the Hong Kong Judiciary in its interpretation of the constitutional right to be presumed innocent and the right against self-incrimination; (c) how ideas of constitutionalism, rule of law and fundamental rights have contributed to the development of criminal law in India; (d) the vulnerability of suspects, accused and convicted persons whilst in custody in South Africa and the possible explanations for it including a social justice deficit and ambiguity in commitment to constitutional values; (e) how interaction with the European Court of Human Rights has shaped the way that UK courts, governments and Parliament have acted on criminal justice issues and vice versa; (f) fair treatment developments in transnational and international criminal law at the international level and how national actors should approach these developments; (g) the need to shape the extent of criminal liability by taking into consideration the moral foundations of criminal law in Singapore; (h) state of the law in Singapore on aspects of the right of silence and the right of access to a lawyer of a suspect who is in custody; and (i) the evolution of Singapore’s criminal process and hopes for the future.


Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s): Associate Professor Chan Wing Cheong and Professor Michael Hor (guest editors)

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s): Professor John H Farrar (guest editor)

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s): Professor Sam Ricketson (guest editor)

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s): Kevin Gray (guest editor)

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s): Bartha Maria Knoppers (guest editor) and W Calvin Ho (assistant guest editor)

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s): Gerard McCormack (guest editor)

The Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review of Singapore Cases (“SAL Ann Rev”) is an annual conspectus that encapsulates and evaluates decisions of the Singapore courts in the preceding year. Selected cases from other jurisdictions impacting local law are also discussed. Leading practitioners and academics contribute on their areas of specialty by way of comment, analyses and criticisms.

Amongst the noteworthy judgments are the Singapore Court of Appeal decisions in BNA v BNB [2020] 1 SLR 456 and ST Group Co Ltd v Sanum Investments Ltd [2020] 1 SLR 1 in relation to issues such as the seat of arbitration and the governing law and validity of the arbitration agreement. The two learned articles in this issue explore thorny issues such as corruption in international arbitration and confidentiality in the arbitration process.

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s):

Advisory Board

V K Rajah SC 

Professor Lawrence Boo

Toby Landau QC

Loretta Malintoppi

General Editor

Mohan Pillay

Editor

Chan Leng Sun SC

Publishing Editor

Yeo Boon Tat

Assistant Editors

Ramandeep Kaur

Matthew Koh

Janice Lee

Mahesh Rai

Tan Hai Song

Benjamin Tham Yum Yin

Derric Yeoh

The Singapore Arbitration Journal aims to provide a forum to examine and discuss developments of particular relevance and interest to the Singapore arbitration community. 

The May 2020 issue allows you to catch up on important Singapore arbitration-related court decisions from July to December 2019, along with accompanying case notes examining the significance and relevance of the cases.

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

The second edition provides a comprehensive update on numerous developments that have taken place in Singapore’s sentencing jurisprudence since the publication of the first edition in 2009. Through in-depth commentaries and a new chapter on Community Sentences, the second edition covers developments in Singapore’s sentencing jurisprudence up to January 2019. Since the publication of the first edition, several key pieces of sentencing-related legislation (including the Criminal Procedure Code, the Penal Code and the Prisons Act) underwent many major amendments; and more than 700 judgments on sentencing were issued by the Court of Appeal and High Court (including about 150 sentencing guideline judgments).

Author: Kow Keng Siong

Year of Publication: 2019

Page Extent: 1,744 pages 

Member's Price: $150.00 (before GST)

Associate Student's Price: $120.00 (before GST)

Non-Member's Price: $225.00 (before GST)