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LAW BOOKS

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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY LAW IN SINGAPORE
Information and Communications Technology Law in Singapore is the
first and only textbook to bring together a variety of topics on the law
regulating the use of infocomm technology (“ICT”).
Any textbook on this subject must necessarily examine the impact of
the ICT revolution on the enforcement of intellectual property (“IP”)
rights in the digital environment. A number of chapters have been
devoted, specifically, to a careful study of such highly topical issues Author(s):
as the legality of meta-tagging, keyword advertising, hyperlinking and Warren B Chik
Internet browsing; whether the law of copyright adequately addresses and Saw Cheng Lim
the slew of issues arising from the indiscriminate use of new technology; Year: 2020
and the jurisdictional complexities inherent in online IP disputes. This lxx + 480pp
textbook will serve as an essential resource for legal practitioners, (softcover)
scholars and policy makers alike, and will also appeal to the lay person ISBN:
who has an interest in this evolving field of study. 978-981-14-4964-2
Retail: S$96.30
SENTENCING PRINCIPLES IN SINGAPORE
(2ND EDITION)
The second edition follows the tradition of the first edition – by
continuing to draw together the many threads of sentencing
pronouncements and distil them into a coherent set of sentencing
principles. These principles are organised in a reader-friendly format
in four parts:
(a) general sentencing considerations – reviews fundamental
sentencing doctrines that underpin the legitimacy and foundation
of the sentencing process;
(b) specific sentencing considerations – explores the types of factors Author(s):
that may aggravate or mitigate the gravity of an offence, and hence Kow Keng Siong
its sentence; Year: 2019
(c) sentencing options and legislative sanctions – discusses issues cxxii + 1,620pp
relating to the selection of an appropriate sentencing option; and (softcover)
(d) sentencing decision – examines the principles and issues relating to ISBN:
the delivery, alteration and challenge of a sentencing decision. 978-981-14-2034-4

The second edition provides a comprehensive update on numerous Retail: S$160.50
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).