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Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, and its predecessor
Journals (the University of Malaya Law Review and the Malaya
Law Review) is in its 5th decade of publication. The journal
is managed by its Editorial Committee
drawn from the Law Faculty of the National University of Singapore with assistance and advice from eminent legal personalities from other institutions in Singapore and abroad.
It is fully peer-reviewed under conditions of anonymity by
subject specialists within and outside the Law Faculty, NUS.
It is one of the oldest legal journals in
the British Commonwealth. The Journal has always covered both
domestic and international legal developments. Since
the inception of the Singapore Journal of International and
Comparative Law in 1997 and then its successor, the Singapore Year Book
of International Law from 2005, the Sing JLS has focused on legal developments
in Singapore, Asia and the common law world, covering topics with theoretical or practical appeal or both. It continues to publish quality articles on private and public international law as well as comparative law.
The Sing JLS has been cited by leading common
law courts such as the House of Lords, the Supreme Court of
Canada, the High Court of Australia, the High Court of Malaysia
and the Supreme Court of Singapore. Articles published in
the Sing JLS are also available on international legal databases like Westlaw, Proquest, SSRN and HeinOnline, as well as Singapore's own Lawnet.
Singapore’s legal system is founded
on the English legal system. As an independent legal system,
it continues to draw guidance from the common law authorities
of leading Commonwealth countries, including England, Australia
and Canada, and occasionally from the United States of America.
The Sing JLS should be of comparative interest to lawyers, academics
and observers in and outside the common law world.
Presently, the table of contents, including abstracts, of all the published Sing JLS issues can be searched or browsed from the Search menu. The tables for the Malaya Law Review will be included soon. |
