Published twice a year since 1989, the Singapore Academy of Law Journal contains articles relating to Singapore law as well as Asia-Pacific and common law legal systems, and comparative and international law. Articles are anonymously reviewed by a panel of local and international legal scholars and practitioners. Contributors include Singaporean and foreign judges, lawyers, legal officers and academics.

Specially commissioned Issues of SAcLJ on a core area of law are also published regularly. Special Issues on Contract Law (Guest Editor: Professor Michael Furmston), Shipping Law (Guest Editor: Professor Francis Reynolds), Insolvency Law (Guest Editor: Professor Gerard McCormack), Land Law (Guest Editor: Professor Kevin Gray) and Biomedical Law and Ethics (Guest Editor: Professor Bartha Maria Knoppers; Assistant Guest Editor: W Calvin Ho) have been published with articles contributed by foreign and local leading names in the area of law.
 
 
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collapse (2010) 22 SAcLJ (March)

Securing and Maintaining the Independence of the Court in Judicial Proceedings

The Honourable the Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong

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Banks and Exclusion of Losses for Forged Cheques – Is it Reasonable?

Sandra Annette Booysen

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Tax Avoidance in Singapore – A Critical Analysis

Lau Kah Hee

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The New International Arbitration (Amendment) Bill – A Broader Framework for Interim Relief or Just a Tune-up?

Mahdev Mohan & Tay Eu-Yen

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Whether a Singapore Court has a Discretion to Exclude Evidence Admissible in Criminal Proceedings

Jeffrey Pinsler SC

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The Duties of a Trust Enforcer

Tsun Hang Tey

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Decriminalising Physician-assisted Suicide in Singapore

Toh Puay San & Stanley Yeo

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Meaning of “Dispute” in Arbitration Agreements: Tjong Very Sumito v Antig Investments [2009] 4 SLR(R) 732

Chong Yee Leong & Melissa Chen

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Passing Off of Well-known Trade Marks: Novelty Pte Ltd v Amanresorts Ltd [2009] 3 SLR(R) 216

Lau Kok Keng

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Choice of Law in Forum Non Conveniens Analysis: Puttick v Tenon Ltd [2008] HCA 54

Teo Guan Siew

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Protection of Well-known Marks: Mobil Petroleum Co, Inc v Hyundai Mobis [2009] SGCA 38

Yap Siew Leng

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Amartya Sen, The Idea of Justice (Allen Lane, 2009)

The Honourable Justice Choo Han Teck

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