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.

General Editors:
Professor Simon Chesterman
Professor Goh Yihan
Justice Andrew Phang Boon Leong


Date of Publication: September 2021

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

Senthilkumaran Sabapathy is a deputy public prosecutor and a deputy senior state counsel with the Attorney-General’s Chambers. He was previously a justices’ law clerk with the Supreme Court of Singapore and a visiting researcher with the National University of Singapore. He completed his undergraduate and master’s degrees at the University of Oxford, and studied the UK’s legal system while attached to leading commercial and criminal barristers’ chambers. He has published numerous articles on Singapore and English law, and has a keen interest in advancing criminal justice in Singapore, including through the principled use of alternative sentencing.

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The Asian Business Law Institute has summarised, compared and contrasted the laws of the ten ASEAN member states, Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea under 13 concise principles. This book is the output of an ambitious project by the Asian Business Law Institute to promote the harmonisation of foreign judgment rules in the region.

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Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments is published by the Asian Business Law Institute as part of its Asian Principles for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments project. For the first time, the substantive rules for foreign judgments recognition and enforcement in each of the ten ASEAN member states and their Asia-Pacific free trade partners (Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea) have been summarised in the English language complete with detailed footnotes.

Apart from the paperback version, the publication is also available in electronic form. Readers who would like to purchase the e-book can place their orders at https://info.sal.org.sg/insolvency/ or contact Catherine Shen (catherine_shen@abli.asia) for inquires.

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SAL members enjoy 60% off for Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency in Asia 2020, a 860-page compendium that details the corporate restructuring and insolvency regime in 16 APAC jurisdictions, including all ten ASEAN member states and Australia, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Japan and South Korea.

SAL members can enjoy an exclusive price of S$200.

Please contact Catherine at catherine_shen@abli.asia if you wish to preview the table of contents before committing to purchase.

Publisher: Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI)

Date of Publication: August 2019

Limited copies available.

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Date of Publication: September 2020

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Guest Editors: Hoong Phun Lee and Jaclyn L Neo

Date of Publication: Jan 2018

Recent changes in mediation include the passing of the mediation bill in 2017; amendments to the Supreme Court practice directions on the provisions for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) for civil cases; and the reallocation of cases by the Family Justice Courts to Mediation. In light of these changes, the 2nd edition of Mediation in Singapore provides much-needed practical advice and guidance to practitioners through theoretical discussions on meditation and its application to real-life case studies.

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s): George Lim SC and Danny McFadden LLM


Date of Publication: Apr 2018

The Singapore International Commercial Court serves to entrench Singapore's position as the premier dispute resolution hub in Asia. The SICC Handbook is the first comprehensive textbook on the subject; it is a handy and convenient guide to the rules and procedures of the SICC.

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s):
Mohan R Pillay
Toh Chen Han

Law Relating to Specific Contracts in Singapore, 2nd Edition is an authoritative reference that covers contractual issues in most common commercial situations that practitioners are likely to encounter in their practice in Singapore.

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s): Justice Steven Chong, Cavinder Bull & expert contributers

With the continued growth of the Singapore media and entertainment industry, the fourth edition of this title not only updates the laws relevant to this industry, it expands into discussions of the practical application of these laws and regulations in the framework of managing media production