Library Guides: Southeast Asian Region Countries Law: Books & Journals

Books

Commercial applications of company law in Singapore by Victor Yeo
Call Number: KT 3690 COMM
Publication Date: CCH Asia, 2017
Corporate Governance in Asia: A Comparative Approach (includes a chapter on Singapore) by Bruce Aronson & Joongi Kim (eds)
Call Number: KT 40 CORP
Publication Date: CUP, 2019
Criminal law in Malaysia and Singapore by Stanley Yeo, Neil Morgan & Chan Wing Cheong
Call Number: KT 2693 YEO
Publication Date: LexisNexis, 3rd ed, 2018
Defamation principles and procedure in Singapore and Malaysia by Doris Chia
Call Number: KT 3677.2 CHIA
Publication Date: Lexis Nexis, 2016
Drugs Law and Legal Practice in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam by Tim Lindsey & Pip Nicholson
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: Hart, 2016
Finance, Rule of Law and Development in Asia: perspectives from Hong Kong, Singapore and mainland China by Jiaxiang Hu, Matthias Vanhullebusch & Andrew Harding (eds)
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: BRILL, 2016
Property and Trust Law in Singapore by Alvin See; Yip Man; Goh Yihan
Call Number: KT 3679 SEE
Publication Date: Kluwer Law International B.V., [2019]
Regime resilience in Malaysia and Singapore by Greg Lopez and Bridget Welsh (eds)
Call Number: KT 3231.1 P6 REGI
Publication Date: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre, 2018
Singapore arbitration legislation : annotated by Robert Merkin and Johanna Hjalmarsson
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: Informa Law from Routledge, 2016.
Singapore Business Law by Benny S Tabalujan [et.al]
Call Number: High use: KT 3689 TABA
Publication Date: Businesslaw.sg, 2018
Tort of defamation before the Singapore Courts, 1965-2015: a comparative and empirical study by Gary Chan Kok Yew
Call Number: on order for Law Library
Publication Date: Singapore Academy Publishing, 2017

To find journal articles on Singapore law, irrespective of the journal in which they are published, see the Finding Journal Articles on South East Asian Law box in the Books and Journals tab on the Regional Resources page of this Guide. Using these databases will enable you to search hundreds of journals at the same time.

Most online journal article databases begin coverage in the 1980s. To find earlier articles, use the print Index to Singapore/Malaysia Legal Periodicals 1932-1984 (1986)

Individual Journal Titles

The LawNet platform (UniMelb access) provides access to the following e-journals:

Asia Business Law Review
Asian Journal on Mediation
INSAF
Malayan Law Review
Singapore Academy of Law Journal
Supreme Court Cases (Journal)
Singapore Law Review
Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law
Singapore Journal of Legal Studies
Singapore Year Book of International Law

LawNet
(UniMelb access).

'Taxing "All Other Income"' in Singapore and Malaysia'
Ooi, Vincent, 'Taxing "All Other Income"' in Singapore and Malaysia' (2019) 19(2) Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 204-226
'The Fragmented Approach Toward Close Out Netting Provisions in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore Compared'
Walters, Robert and Leon Trakman, 'The Fragmented Approach Toward Close Out Netting Provisions in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore Compared' (2019) Journal of Banking Regulation (July 11 2019)
'The Curious Case of Singapore’s BIA Desertion Trials: War Crimes, Projects of Empire, and the Rule of Law'
Cheah, WL, 'The Curious Case of Singapore’s BIA Desertion Trials: War Crimes, Projects of Empire, and the Rule of Law' (July 25, 2019)
'Religious Law for the Environment: Comparative Islamic Environmental Law in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia'
Ran, Shazny, 'Religious Law for the Environment: Comparative Islamic Environmental Law in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia' (NUS Centre for Asian Legal Studies Working Paper No 19/03, 2019)
'The Singaporean Court of Appeal on Proprietary Estoppel Remedies'
Liew, Ying Khai, 'The Singaporean Court of Appeal on Proprietary Estoppel Remedies' (2019) Law Quarterly Review 540
'The New International Commercial Courts: Competing with Arbitration? The Example of the Singapore International Commercial Court'
Bell, Gary F, 'The New International Commercial Courts: Competing with Arbitration? The Example of the Singapore International Commercial Court' (2018) 11(2) Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal 193-216
'The Impact of NUS Law on the Development of Tort Law in Singapore'
Fordham, Margaret, 'The Impact of NUS Law on the Development of Tort Law in Singapore' (2017) Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 299-307
'The Trust Statutory Exception to Indefeasibility in the Singapore Torrens System'
Teo, Keang Sood, 'The Trust Statutory Exception to Indefeasibility in the Singapore Torrens System' (2017) Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 151-168
'The Fall and Rise of Legal Education in Singapore'
Chesterman, Simon, 'The Fall and Rise of Legal Education in Singapore' (2017) Singapore Journal Of Legal Studies 201-214
'Court Backlogs: Balancing Efficiency and Justice in Singapore'
Whalen-Bridge, Helena, 'Court Backlogs: Balancing Efficiency and Justice in Singapore' (2017) 7(4) Oñati Socio-Legal Series
'Collective Litigation and the Constitutional Challenges to Decriminalizing Homosexuality in Singapore'
Chua, Lyn, 'Collective Litigation and the Constitutional Challenges to Decriminalizing Homosexuality in Singapore' (2017) 44(3) Journal of Law and Society 433-455
'The Rise of Singapore As International Financial Centre: Political Will, Industrial Policy, and Rule of Law'
Wang, JiangYu, 'The Rise of Singapore As International Financial Centre: Political Will, Industrial Policy, and Rule of Law' in Jiaxiang Hu, Matthias Vanhullebusch & Andrew Harding (eds), Finance, Rule of Law and Development in Asia: Perspectives from Singapore, Hong Kong and Mainland China (Brill, 2016)
'Amos Yee, Free Speech, and Maintaining Religious Harmony in Singapore'
Radics, George Baylon and Poon, Yee Suan, 'Amos Yee, Free Speech, and Maintaining Religious Harmony in Singapore' (2017) 12(2) University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review
'How Global Is the Common Law? A Comparative Study of Asian Common Law Systems – Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore'
Ng, Kwai Hang and Jacobson, Brynna, 'How Global Is the Common Law? A Comparative Study of Asian Common Law Systems – Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore' (2017)